Characteristics China – Crocus

Stomach.—Cutting in when yawning. Gnawing pain,disappearing after eating. Burning in.

Abdomen.—Persistent cutting in intestines, immediately after eating. Spasmodic bellyache, with qualmishness and retraction of navel.

Stool.—Hard, knotty. Nightly mucus diarrhœa.

Urine.—Pale. Burning, sticking and cutting in urethra.

Menses.—Too late, but continuing too long, and increasing during three days.

Respiration.—Difficult, with short fits of coughing, preceded by pain in right, then left side of chest. Oppression of chest on expiration. Short and quick, from oppression which is relieved by a few deep inspirations.

Cough.—Frequent, dry, violent, hollow or short, exhausting paroxysms of; excited by a tickling in larynx, so severe that it brings tears to the eyes; or by heat in trachea or a sensation of dust in trachea, throat and behind sternum, not > coughing; generally, dry, sometimes its force expels lumps of mucus; sometimes the exhausting morning cough is attended by much expectoration from deep in lungs.

Larynx, etc.—Pressure on, also in trachea. Feeling as if air could not pass thro', from a swelling there, especially on right side. Shooting and burning pains in region of, and in throat. Congestion to, with dull throbbing. Sense of constriction in trachea, with deadly anguish and a vain wish for eructation. Heat in trachea. Spasms of glottis on expiration accompany the slight fits of coughing. Slight hoarseness.

Neck.—Stiffness of both sides. Feels as if a napkin were tied around it, at larynx.

Chest.—Throbbing in lungs. Stitches and soreness in lungs, < deep inspiration, cough, and sneezing. Violent stitches in cardiac region. Sudden anxiety, with strong palpitation. Stitches under left clavicle and in r. mammary region. Milk disappears from mammæ. Chest pains < motion, and tight clothing.

Back.—Pains, (sticking), in or beneath r., scapula.† Tearing, pressive pain in, as tho' lumbar vertebræ were broken, when bending backward and forward.

Upper Extremities.—Paralytic pressure in upper arm. Stiff wrist joints. The distal phalanges of fingers become yellow, cold, and as if dead, with blue nails.

Lower Extremities.—Paralysis of thighs and kness. Stiff ankle joints. Toes insensible, dead.

Generalities.—Paralysis of limbs. Cramp-like pains here and there. Early in morning, on awaking and after eating, great weariness and laziness. Aversion to motion which becomes intolerable. Inclination to lie down after eating.

Skin.—Old, putrid, spreading ulcers.

Sleep.—Late falling to. Sleepiness with inability to sleep.

Fever.—Pulse: Small and quick. Fuller and harder, but barely accelerated a little toward evening. Chill: And chilliness exclusively internal, with violent shaking, in evening in bed. Internal, while walking in open air, it disappears in room. And coldness of whole body, most on hands and feet, with greatly distended bloodvessels. On one (r.) leg. Shuddering: Without external coldness; running down back. Heat: Internal, without thirst, in evening after lying down. Sweat: During sleep, after midnight and in the morning hours, quickly ceasing on awaking.

Allied Remedies.—Calc-c., Lyc., Puls., Sul.

CHINA.

Mind.—Exalted fancy, with slow flow of ideas. Full of projects. Scheming. Great anxiety and despondency. Aversion to work. Quiet peevishness with sighing and weeping. Extreme irritability with pusillanimity and intolerance of noise. Contempt of everything about him. Disposition quarrelsome and inclined to anger. Over excitability. Apathy and indifference.

Sensorium.—Fainting with great nervous exhaustion, after loss of blood or vital fluids.

Head.—Bursting ache. Pressive pains in forehead and occiput, going to temples on bending backward. Sense of looseness and bruised soreness of brain, it swashes and strikes against the skull, with necessity to move head up and down. Twitching in, extending downto upper jaw and throat. Cutting pains from occiput into temples and eyes. Outward stitches in frontal eminences and sides, gradually increasing to great violence. It sinks backward when sitting upright. Throbbing in temples, which can be felt with hands. Worse: Light touch; drafts; motion; shaking head; moving eyes; stepping hard; walking in open air; night; stooping; talking; mental exertion; reflection. Better: Hard pressure; opening eyes; resting; lying; in room; rising.

External Head.—Painfully sensitive to slight touch, especially at roots of hair. Laming twitching tearing on, especially in temples and occiput. Contractive pain as if skin were drawn together on occiput and vertex. Profuse, exhausting, fatty, often cold sweat on, and on forehead, or on side lain on, especially when walking in open air; with violent thirst, increases progressively during the sweat.

Eyes.—Inflammation of, with red conjunctiva and pain as of sand therein, on moving them, < in evening. Yellow sclerotic. Sensitive to strong sunlight. Paralysis of optic nerve.

Nose.—Nosebleed from relaxed bloodvessels. Suppressed coryza, with headache. Dry coryza, with much sneezing.

Face.—Pale, sunken, hippocratic. Yellow, earth-colored. Fothergill's prosopalgia, excited by slight touch. Dry, blackish-coated, cracked lips.

Teeth.—Twitching tearing in upper molars, after taking cold in a strong wind. Painful numbness in hollow t.

Mouth.—Offensive odor from, in early morning. Much mucus in. Tongue coated dirty white or yellow.

Appetite, etc.—No desire for either food or drink. Appetite for various things, but knows not what. Desire for sour fruit. Intense thirst; drinks often, but only a little each time.

Taste.—Bitter: Food and drink.

Eructation.—Persistent, tasting of ingesta.

Stomach.—Great pressure in, after eating or drinking. Spasms of, from weakness, after loss of vital fluids. Food eaten late at night is not digested at all. Milk easily disorders it. Throbbing or stitches in pit. Retching.

Hypochondriæ.—Painful hepatic region, especially when touched lightly. Swelling and induration of liver. Stitches in spleen.

Abdomen.—Great distension of, like tympanitis. Flatulent colic with tension and anxiety in upper, and with sensation as tho' lowest intestines were constricted. Fulness in. Ascites.

Flatus.—Discharge of much excessively offensive; inability to discharge, f. either upward or downward.

Stool.—Involuntary. Difficult, although soft. Diarrhœa: Painless, but very exhausting; after fruit; nightly, of undigested feces; yellow, watery.

Urine.—Scanty, dark, turbid. Burning pain in meatus.

Sexual Organs.—Full of unnatural voluptuous thoughts, with excited sexual desire. Great weakness following too easy and frequent seminal emissions. Congestion to uterus, with painful heaviness therein. Bearing down pains from excessive sexual indulgence. Painful induration of vagina.

Menses.—Increased, passed in black clots. Bloody, serous discharge from vagina alternating with a purulent substance. Hemorrhage from atony of uterus.

Respiration.—Wheezing, whistling, crowing and snoring, r. Difficult in—and rapid expirations. Suffocative attacks in evening and night, with whistling and panting breathing, as from mucus in larynx. Oppression of chest, as from fulness in stomach, excited by prolonged talking.

Cough.—Hoarse, excited by tickling as ot sulphur fumes in trachea; dry at night

and in morning; by day and in evening, expectoration of pus mixed with dark coagulated blood, or of tenacious mucus of a flat, salty or sour taste, rarely repulsively sweet. Suffocative, at night with stitches in chest. Hæmoptysis.

Larynx.—Soreness in, and in trachea. Hoarseness. Husky, deep voice when talking and singing. Weak voice.

Neck.—Tension in muscles of, and of throat,

Chest.—Stitches in, also in diaphragm and sternum. Pressure in. Threatening paralysis of lungs. Suppuration of lungs following hemorrhage, (and profuse blood letting), with stitches within, increased by pressure. Congestion of blood to, and violent palpitation.

Back.—Sweat on. Pressure, as of a stone, between scapulæ. Shattering pains in scapulæ. Nightly lumbar pains when lying thereon.

Lower Extremities.—Weariness in legs, especially thighs. Weakness in knees. Hot swelling of knee, painful to touch. Swollen feet.

Generalities.—Paralytic, twitching tearing in body, especially in extremities. Painful attacks which are only excited by lightly touching the part, but then they gradually increase to a fearful height. Numbness of parts lain on. Weakness from loss of vital fluids, with oversensitive senses and nerves, and great tendency to sweat. Great weakness with trembling. Extraordinary emaciation. The slightest draft excites the symptoms. Conditions are < at night.

Skin.—Yellow. Relaxed, dry. Moist gangrene of external parts.

Sleep.—Unconquerable day sleepiness when sitting, and after eating. Restless night s., with anxious dreams. Late falling to, on account of excitement and rush of thoughts. Reveries, as soon as he falls to. Snoring or blowing expirations during. Unrefreshing.

Fever.—Pulse: Small, but hard and quick, more quiet after eating. Irregular and sometimes intermittent. Extraordinary swelling of bloodvessels. Chill: Over whole body, increased by drinking and yet compelled to drink constantly, with thirst before and after, not during c. Severe internal, with icy-cold hands and feet, and rush of blood to head. Alternating with heat, in afternoon. Inability to get warm in bed in evening. Cold body, with heat of face. Heat: Over whole body, with distended bloodvessels. During h. (as well as during chill) thirstlessness or thirst for cold drinks only. Violent thirst reappears after the h. Long-continued, often appears long after the chill, with delirium. Inclination to uncover, during. Intermittent fever which begins with concomitant symptoms. Many forms of intermittent fever, but mostly those without especial thirst during chill and heat. Ordinarily the thirst is more pronounced before and after the chill and during the sweat. Sweat: Profuse, debilitating. Easy during, sleep and motion in open air. Very debilitating, night or early morning sweat. Often fatty or cold. Increased thirst during. Recession of, hence absent. On side lain on.

Allied Remedies.—Am-c., Ant-t., Ap., ARN., ARS., ASAF., BELL., Bry., Calc-c., Caps., CARB-V, Cham., Cina, Cupr., Cycl., Dig., FERR., Flu-ac., Hell., Iod., IP., LACH., MANG., MERC, Millef., Nat-m., Nux-v., Phos., Phos-ac., Plb., PULS., Samb., Sep., Stann., Sul., Sul-ac., VERAT-A.

CICUTA VIROSA.

Mind.—Childish insanity, she does all kinds of foolish things, with heat of body and thirst for wine. Confuses the past with the present. Uneasy concerning the future. Sadness, with whining and howling. Timidity, tendency to be startled. Suspicion and mistrust, with anthropophobia. He is violently affected by sad stories.

Vertigo.—Causing him to fall down. Reeling, it seems as though surrounding objects moved and whirled about.

Head.—Unilateral, stupefying ache, as from congestion of blood, disappearing when

sitting erect. Consequences of concussion of brain.

External Head.—Jerky trembling of (and of legs) from every movement of, interrupted by single jerks like electric shocks. Retracted or frequently repeated backward bending of. Sunken forward, eyes seem fixed on an object. Burning, suppurating eruption on. Worse: Motion and cold. Better: Rest; warmth.

Eyes.—Contracted pupils. Staring fixedly at a single object, which, nevertheless, is not seen distinctly. When staring fixedly at a single point the head gradually sinks down so that finally the pupils are turned in an upward direction. Objects appear double and black.

Ears.—Burning, suppurating eruption on, and around.

Nose.—Ulcerated nostrils with discharge of yellow pus.

Face.—Burning, purulent, confluent eruption on. Milk-crust. Painful, burning ulcers on lips. Lockjaw. Gnashing teeth.

Mouth.—Foam in, and about. Inability to swallow, as tho' throat were grown together internally. Swollen tongue, with white, painful, burning ulcers on its edge. Difficult speech; when talking his head jerks, whereby he seems to swallow a syllable.

Appetite, etc.—Quickly satiated. Great longing for charcoal. Violent thirst during spasms.

Qualmishness, etc.—Early in morning and when eating. Vomiting blood.

Stomach.—Burning pressure in. Anxiety in pit.

Abdomen.—Heat and burning in. Bellyache with convulsions, (from worms in children).

Stool.—Profuse, thin. Retained.

Urine.—Profuse, in a large stream, with frequent urging. Involuntary, from paralysis of bladder. Suppressed urination.

Respiration.—Shortness of, from tonic spasm of chest muscles.

Neck.—Cramplike tension in cervical muscles; when he turns his head he cannot get it back again. Tonic spasms.

Chest.—Burning in. Thrusting or soie pain on lower end of sternum.

Back.—Opisthotonos.

Upper Extremities.—Veins of hands are enlarged. Deadness of fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Painful sensation of stiffness in legs. When walking the feet tilt inwards.

Generalities.—Twitchings, especially in upper and lower limbs Epileptiform convulsions and epileptic attacks. Tonic spasms. Convulsions in children with worm complaints. General weariness and exhaustion. Pain as from a thrust or blow in many parts of the body.

Skin.—Burning, itching. Moist, purulent eruptions, with yellow, honey-colored crusts and burning pains only.

Sleep.—Day sleepiness. Nightly sleeplessness. Many, and very lively dreams.

Fever.—Pulse: Weak, slow and tremulous, sometimes entirely imperceptible. Chill: And chilliness, with desire for heat of stove and warmth. Spreads from the chest to arms and down thighs, with staring. Heat: Slight and internal only. Sweat: At night, and in early morning, mostly on abdomen.

Allied Remedies.—Arn., Bell., Dulc., Lyc., Merc., Op., Rhus-t., Stram., Verat-a.

CINA.

Mind.—Piteous complaining and howling. Peevishness: The child is insensible to caresses and rejects everything that is offered. Dread. Children resist being held. Whimpering and crying, especially when touched.

Head.—Pressive, numbing headache, first in forehead then in occiput, with profuse, fluent coryza. Pressure as of a load or stone on, with painful pressing on upper eyelids. Headache before and after attacks of epilepsy or intermittent fever. Sinks sideways, or is jerked backward. Worse: Walking in open air; mental exertion Better: Stooping; moving the head; sitting; lying.

Eyes.—Pain in evening, from straining them by artificial light. Dim vision when reading, disappears from wiping. Dilated pupils. Photophobia. Blue rings around. Lachrymation.

Nose.—Bleeding from, and from mouth. Epistaxis, with burning in. Children continually rub and bore into, even until it bleeds. Fluent coryza, with burning in; with purulent mucus. Violent sneezing with continuous bursting pain in head and chest or piercing pain in temples.

Face.—Pale; cold, with cold sweat. Pale, sickly color of. Puffed, with bluish white color about mouth. Faceache; tearing in zygoma < by touch and pressure.

Teeth.—Gnashing of. Sensitive to both cold air and drinks.

Mouth.—Dryness and rawness in. Inability to swallow. Audible gurgling from throat down into abdomen.

Appetite, etc.—Hunger, immediately after meals; incessant. Increased thirst.

Vomiting.—With the fever. Of worms. Of mucus and ingesta. Of bile.

Abdomen.—Pinching bellyache from worms. Painful twisting about navel. Disagreeable sense of warmth in. Distension of, especially in children. Gurgling in.

Stool.—Constipation. Discharge of ascarides and round worms, with pappy diarrhœa. Diarrhœa after drinking. Whitish diarrhœa, passed involuntarily.

Anus.—Itching of.

Urine.—Involuntary urination, particularly at night in bed.

Menses.—Too early, and too profuse. Uterine hæmorrhage.

Respiration.—Short, interrupted, crowing. Anxious oppression of, as from spasm of chest. Wheezing, whistling.

Cough.—In violent, periodically recurring paroxysms; excited by a feeling as of feather down in throat, and by a quantity of mucus therein; dry in morning; in evening, expectoration of a whitish slimy, rarely bloody, almost tasteless substance, detached with difficulty. Dry, spasmodic, with shortness of breath and twitching in limbs. Spasmodic, with stiffness and a pale face.

Trachea.—Much mucus in, with hoarseness. Thrusts in.

Chest.—Spasms of. Gurgling in. Seems too narrow. Burning, piercing and soreness in.

Back.—Bruised pain in lumbar region. Sense of constriction about loins.

Upper Extremities.—Cramp-like tearing in arms and hands. Spasmodic closure of hands. Twitching of fingers. Weakness of hands, with inability to grasp objects tightly.

Lower Extremities.—Spasmodic twitching and stretching out of feet.

Generalities.—Dull stitches here and there over body. Jerkings and distortions of limbs. Rigid extension of body. Paralytic pain in arms and legs. Worm affections of children. Epileptic attacks with or without consciousness. Nightly epileptiform convulsions. Epilepsy; lies upon his back, with violent shrieking and beating about with hands and feet. Intolerance of touch and motion. External pressure renews or intensifies the symptoms. After effects of loss of vital fluids. Twitching of limbs; and sleep (after paroxysms of epilepsy or whooping cough).

Sleep.—Nightly restlessness and sleeplessness. Yawning and shivering and trembling. Restless tossing about and screaming at night in bed. Starting in.

Fever.—Pulse: Small, but hard and accelerated. Chill: With shuddering and shaking, it runs from upper part of body to head, even when near a warm stove. With a cold, pale face, and warm hands. With thirst. Not relieved by external warmth, mostly in evening, with great paleness of face. Heat: Greatest on head and face, but also with a pale face. Nightly, with thirst and anxiety. Sweat: Generally cold on forehead, nose, face and hands. Vomiting of ingesta, with ravenous hunger after the sweat (often also before the chill sets in).

Allied Remidies.—Bell., CAPS., Chin., Dros., Hyos., Merc., Phos., Verat-a.

CLEMATIS.

Mind.—Sadness, and fear of impending misfortunes. Morose discontent.

Head.—Boring pain in temples. Moist vesicles and excoriation on occiput.

Eyes.—Inflamed, with profuse lachrymation. Inflammation of iris. Biting, smarting in margins of lids when closing eyes. Stitches in angles of. Extreme photophobia.

Face.—Pale, sickly countenance. Moist eruption on it, starts with a stitching pain. White, sticking blisters on, and on nose, as from sun burn. Cancer of lips. Painful swelling of submaxillary glands.

Teeth.—Stitching and jerking drawing toothache, when lying in a horizontal position at night; driving him to despair. Worse: Smoking.

Abdomen.—Swelling, and induration, with twitching pain in inguinal glands.

Urine.—Increased discharge of. Discharge of purulent urine. Stopped, or discharged drop by drop, from narrowing of urethra.

Sexual Organs.—Painfully swollen and indurated testes. Thickened scrotum. Aversion to coition, as after excessive sexual indulgence.

Neck.—Encircled by an itching pimply eruption having purulent tips, with soreness and rawness after scratching. Moist eruption on, extending up to occiput.

Chest.—Swelled and indurated mammæ. Cancer of mammæ.

Upper Extremities.—Swollen axillary glands. Spreading vesicles on the hands and fingers, < by cold water.

Lower Extremities.—Scaly, crusty tetter on thighs or legs.

Generalities.—Extraordinary emaciation. Flaccidity of all muscles. Twitching of muscles. Vibration through entire body after lying down.

Glands.—Painfully swollen and indurated.

Skin.—Crawling, throbbing and burning in ulcers, with sticking in their edges when touched. Chronic, humid herpes itching intolerably from warmth of bed and after washing. The painful, non-itching, tettery eruption over entire body is red and moist during the increasing, but pale and dry during the waning moon. Scaly herpes with thick crusts. Itching, moist eruption spreads by a corrosive ichor, with redness, heat and swelling of skin.

Sleep.—Day sleepiness with nightly sleeplessness.

Fever.—Pulse: Excited, with throbbing in all bloodvessels. Chill: With shuddering, then sweat without previous heat. Shivering c. every time he uncovers. Heat: Dry, with general hot feeling, only at night. Sweat: Profuse at nights, most toward morning, with aversion to uncovering.

Allied Remedies.—Bry., Graph., Merc., RHOD., Rhus-t.

COCCULUS.

Mind.—He sits, as tho' buried in deep thought, and takes no notice of his surroundings. Time passes too rapidly. Mild, indolent temperament. Sadness during the sufferings. Intense anxiety. Intolerance of noise. Timidity, easily startled. Bad effects of grief with anger. Dull confusion in head, everything seems unreal.

Vertigo.—With qualmishness when raising up in bed, or moving. As if intoxicated.

Head.—Sense of emptiness or hollowness in. Inward pressing, or sticking ache in forehead. Throbbing in forehead. Convulsive trembling of, from weakness of cervical muscles and neck. Dull compression in either temple or half of forehead, as if brain were screwed in. Headache with nausea. Worse: During and after meals; drinking; evening; carriage riding; cold or open air; after sleep; coffee; tobacco. Better: In house; when quiet; warmth of bed.

Eyes.—Pain as tho' they would be torn out of head. Inability to open them at night. Contracted pupils. Dim vision, and black spots before. Progressive amaurosis.

Nose.—Increased sensitiveness of smell.

Face.—Burning heat of, with red cheeks. Distorted features. Swelling and induration of submaxillary glands.

Mouth.—Dryness in, and in throat. Impeded swallowing, as from paralysis of throat. Bubbling foam from. Difficult speech, as from paralysis of tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Aversion to food, drink and tobacco. Great thirst, especially when eating, Aversion to all sour foods.

Taste.—Sour, in mouth, after eating and coughing. Sulphurous, in mouth. Bitter to tobacco.

Eructation.—With pain in epigastrium and nausea. Hiccup, at once after eating.

Nausea, etc.—Attacks of, ending in fainting. Nausea and vomiting, from driving (riding), and becoming cold.

Stomach.—Spasm in, during and immediately after eating, with intense clutching and squeezing. Fulnese and pinching in, and in abdomen with oppresion of breathing.

Abdomen.—Constrictive pain in upper and lower. Sense of emptiness in. Hysterical abdominal spasms in women. Painful soreness in. Protruded and incarcerated inguinal hernia.

Flatulence.—Nightly, spasmodic, wind colic, especially < coughing. Pushing upward.

Stool.—Hard, every other day. Retarded. Ineffectual urging, from want of peristaltic action in upper intestines.

Rectum.—Intense tenesmus of, after stool.

Urine.—Watery. Frequent urging to urinate, with scanty discharge.

Sexual Organs.—Sensitiveness of, with greatly excited sexual desire. Bruised pain in testicles.

Menses.—Too early, with intense, spasmodic pains in abdomen. Suppressed with abdominal colic.

Respiration.—Difficult, as from constriction of larynx.

Cough.—Racking, with oppression of chest which comes on during cough. Irritation to, as from narrowing of trachea.

Neck.—Weakness of muscles of. Snapping of cervical vertebrae.

Chest.—Sticking pain in. Spasmodic constriction of. Burning in, ascending into throat. Sense of emptiness in. Anxious palpitation. Trembling about heart.

Back.—Paralysis of spine and lumbar region (tabes dorsalis).

Upper Extremities.—Bruised pain in bones of arms on raising them. Asleep feeling in arms. Hot swelling of hands.

Lower Extremities.—Paralytic immobility, and paralysis below lumbar region. Bruised pain in thighs. Inflammation and swelling, with stitches in knee. Burning in feet. Hot swelling of feet.

Generalities.—Paralytic immobility of limbs with drawing bone pains. Unilateral paralysis with deadness of limbs. Hemiplegia. Sense of emptiness or constriction of internal parts. Hysterical spasms with sadness. Inclination to tremble. Gouty pains without swelling of affected parts. Great fatigue, even to fainting, from slight exertion. Intolerance of open air, warm as well as cold. The sufferings are intensified by driving, eating, drinking, sleeping, talking, and smoking.

Glands.—Hard, cold, swollen glands, with sticking pains.

Bones.—Bruised pain, or tearing and burrowing in.

Skin.—Anæmic paleness of. Ulcers, very sensitive to touch. Itching in evening, when undressing and when under feather-bed.

Sleep.—Somnolency. Coma vigil. Sleeplessness, on account of anxiety and bodily restlessness. Anxious dreams.

Fever.—Pulse: Small and spasmodic, often imperceptible; seldom hard, and somewhat accelerated. Chill: Very frequently alternates with heat. Internal, with shuddering over whole body, most on back and legs, not relievable by external heat; in afternoon and evening. Constant chilliness, with hot skin. Heat: Dry, through the whole night. Overrunning, with burning heat of cheeks and cold feet. Intermittent fever with spasm of stomach and lameness of small of back. Sweat: The whole night, it is cold on face only. In early morning, most on chest. Exhausting, over whole body from least movement. On painful parts.

Allied Remedies.—Agar., Ant-t., Bism., Calc-c., Caust., CHAM., Cupr., IGN., Ip., Kali-c., Mos., Nux-m., Nux-v., Oleand.

COFFEA.

Mind.—Lively fancies and actively changing ideas. Acuteness of intellect. Active memory. Great nervous excitement. Hypererethism. Hurried. Beside himself with anxiety. Excessive howling and screaming over trifles. Hypersensitiveness, with tearful disposition. Great anguish, of conscience; also about heart. Anxious despair, with fever. Restlessness. Fainting.

Head.—Violent congestion to, especially after sudden joy. Unilateral headache, as from an inward pressing nail. Unilateral crackling after each impact of the pulse. Feeling as if brain were being torn, or shattered. Worse: Walking in open air; morning; after sleep. Better: In room; sitting quietly.

Eyes.—Sparkling, somewhat reddened, with increased visual power.

Ears.—Hearing more acute. Music sounds entirely too loud.

Nose.—Nosebleed. Sensitive smell.

Face.—Dry heat of, with red cheeks.

Teeth.—Twitching, tearing ache, with restlessness, anxiety and tearfulness.

Mouth.—Swollen, and painful soft palate, worse from swallowing.

Appetite, etc.—Great hunger, with hasty, greedy eating. Thirst increased, especially at night.

Taste.—Acute. Proper taste of food is too pronounced. Sweetish, as of nuts or almonds in mouth.

Stomach.—Spasm, as from overloading; can't bear tight clothing about pit.

Abdomen.—Spasmodic bellyache, which seems quite insufferable.

Stool.—Frequent, soft, during day. Diarrhœa: In children during dentition; tendency to.

Urination.—Increased, especially at night.

Sexual Organs.—Greatly excited sexual impulse, without emission of semen, and with dry heat of body. Insufferably painful labor or after pains.

Menses.—Uterine hæmorrhage.

Respiration.—Oppression of chest and short breath, whereby the chest visibly heaves.

Cough.—Short, dry, hacking, as from constriction of larynx, with restless anxiety. Irritating, at night. During measles.

Neck.—Sweat on.

Back.—Chilliness along. Paralytic pain in lumbar region.

Generalities.—Twitching limbs. Great mobility of entire muscular system. Trembling. Increased sensitiveness to pain, driving to despair; with tearfulness. Excessively active vital forces. Extraordinarily increased sense of well being. Aversion to open air which also intensifies the sufferings. After effects of a wine debauch, taking cold or excessive joy with exaltation. Mental and physical erethism.

Skin.—Eruptions, with extreme excitability and tearfulness.

Sleep.—Sleeplessness, on account of excessive mental and bodily activity.

Fever.—Pulse: Almost entirely unaffected, only very slightly accelerated. Chill: Increased by every (beginning) motion. Internal, frequently recurring shivering; with external heat of face or entire body. Sensation of, with internal and external warmth. Runs down back. Great sensitiveness to external cold. Heat: External, dry, in evening after lying down, with shuddering on back. Nightly, dry, with delirium. Great, of face. Hot breath. Sweat: Occasionally after the heat. Slight, in early morning. On face, with internal cold shuddering.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Agar., Anac., Ars., Aur., Bell., Bor., Bro., Caps., Cham., COLOC., Con., Ign., Mag-c., Mar., Merc., Mos., Nux-v., Op., Puls., Sul., Valer., Verat-a.

COLCHICUM.

Mind.—Distraction and forgetfulness. Surly ill-humor. His sufferings seem intolerable. Slight pain or external causes and impressions put him quite beside himself.

Head.—Pressive pain in occiput excited by mental exertion. Tearing in scalp. Crawling on head and over forehead. Worse: Mental exertion; noise. Better: Rest; lying.

Eyes.—Ulceration of meibomian glands with swollen lids.

Ears.—Crawling in. Suppurating, with tearing pain therein (after measles).

Nose.—Crawling in. Smell morbidly acute.

Face.—Doleful, sad expression. Yellow, spotted color. Œdematous swelling of. Crawling in. Sensation as if bones were being driven asunder.

Teeth.—Tearing in roots of, and in gums.

Mouth.—Heat in. Crawling in fauces. Inflamed buccal cavity and fauces. Profuse salivation. Tongue insensible and stiff.

Appetite.—Lost. Incessant, intense thirst.

Taste.—Food tastes like old linen.

Nausea, etc.—Nausea from odors; of fresh eggs or fat meat. Vomiting: Violent of ingesta, leaving a bitter aftertaste; renewed by every movement.

Stomach.—Sensitiveness of region, to touch. Burning or cold sensation in. Stitches in pit.

Abdomen.—Distension of, with dragging pains. Burning or cold sensation in. Ascites, with a fold overhanging the pubic arch.

Stool.—Painful urging, with scanty discharge. Constipated. Dysenteric, of white mucus only, with intense tenesmus.

Anus.—Crawling, tearing and burning in.

Urine.—Constant urging to urinate, with scanty discharge. Scanty discharge of dark red urine with burning and urging in urethra. Whitish sediment.

Menses.—Too early.

Respiration.—Difficult, with anxious oppression of chest, > bending forward.

Cough.—Frequent, short, dry. At night, with involuntary spurting of urine.

Chest.—Pressive tension in. Spasms in. Hydrothorax. Stitches in, during inspiration and when coughing. Violent palpitation.

Back.—Tearing in, and in lumbar region. Painful soreness of lumbar region to touch.

Upper Extremities.—Tearing in arms, extending into fingers. Paralytic pain in arms. Crawling in finger tips.

Lower Extremities.—Tearing through entire leg extending into toes. Œdematous swelling of legs and feet. Crawling in tips of toes.

Generalities.—Creeping in many parts of body, as after being frosted, during changing weather Tearing in limbs during warm, and sticking in during cold weather. Tearing jerks like electric shocks, with paralytic sensation thro' one whole side of body. Weakness thro' all limbs, with a feeling as if paralyzed. Debility and weakness from night work and night watching. Frequent starting. The pains become quite unendurable toward evening and only grow less at break of day. Sensitiveness to touch and motion, of entire body, especially the suffering parts. Tendency to dropsy.

Skin.—Œdematous swelling and anasarca. Suppressed transpiration.

Fever.—Pulse: Extraordinarily accelerated, hard and full. Chill: And shuddering running thro' all the members. Frequent cold shudders run down the back. Heat: Only externally, a dry h. of the skin. Dry, but only external, throughout the whole night, with violent, insatiable thirst. Sweat: Completely suppressed and wanting.

Allied Remedies.—Ars., Bell., Flu-ac., Merc., Nux-v., Op., Puls., Tab.

COLOCYNTHIS.

Mind.—Anxious depression with surliness and disinclination to talk. Anxiety and restlessness. Tearfulness. Inclination to concealed grief or vexation with indignation. Inclination to escape.

Head.—Pressive ache in forehead, < stooping and lying on back. Attacks of gouty, unilateral squeezing pain, with nausea and vomiting, daily about 5 P. M.

Eyes.—Burning cutting in. Acrid tears.

Face.—Pale and flaccid, with sunken eyes. Dark red. Prosopalgia; tearing, crampy pain in one-half of.

Throat.—Spasm in pharynx, with empty eructations and palpitation.

Appetite, etc.—Great craving for water, without thirst.

Taste.—Flat, in mouth after every drink. Bitter, of all food.

Stomach.—Pressure, with feeling of hunger.

Abdomen.—Extraordinary, colicky, crampy pain in, necessitating bending double, with anxiety and restlessness. Constriction of intestines. Frequent, violent, squeezing or cutting as with knives in, with tearing extending into thighs and chill. Tympanites, with pain in belly, as tho' intestines were squeezed between stones. Bruised feeling and great sensitiveness of. Violent motion, coffee and tobacco > the abdominal pains, but all other foods < them.

Stool.—Constipation, with retarded stool during pregnancy. Diarrhœa: Foamy, sourish, and offensive; dysenteric, of mucus, and blood with tenesmus of anus. Diarrhœa and vomiting after all food. Diarrhœa with bellyache.

Anus.—Painfully swollen hemorrhoids, and in rectum. Paralysis of sphincter ani.

Urine.—Diminished secretion. Intensely offensive, it quickly becomes thick, gelatinous and sticky. Ineffectual urging to urinate. During pain there is profuse, watery urination.

Sexual Organs.—Complete impotency. Retraction of foreskin behind glands. (Priapism.)

Respiration.—Nightly attacks of shortness of, r. as from compression of chest.

Cough.—Dry hacking, from irritation in larynx. Smoking tobacco immediately excites a persistent cough.

Chest.—Painful nodes in female mammæ.

Back.—Tensive pain in, and in scapulæ, extending into throat.

Upper Extremities.—Swelling and suppuration of axillary glands. Crampy pain in hands and fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Sciatica; tensive pain in hips, extending from kidneys down into thighs, with a sensation as if hip joint were fastened in iron clamps. Pain in thighs, as if psoas muscle were too short, when walking. Stiff knee, which hinders crouching down.

Generalities.—Tearing stitches lengthwise thro' entire body. Crampy pain and contraction of internal and external parts. Stiff joints. Muscular twitchings. Shortened tendons. The limbs are drawn up so that he resembles a hedgehog. Fainting, with cold external parts. After effects of chagrin and indignation combined with silent internal grief. Worse: Night; in bed. Better: After rising; gentle motion in a warm room.

Glands.—Painful swelling and suppuration of.

Skin.—Itching over entire body, with great restlessness, especially in evening in bed, followed by sweat. Desquamation, over whole body.

Fever.—Pulse: Generally full, hard and accelerated; seldom small and weak. Strong throbbing in all bloodvessels. Chill: And coldness of entire body, often with heat of face. Either cold hands or soles of feet, with warmth of rest of body. Chill and shuddering with the pains. Heat: Dry external. Sense of internal, with attacks of external overrunning heat. Sweat: At night, of a urinous odor, causing itching of skin. Especially on head and extremities.

Allied Remedies.—Bell., Bry., Cann., Caust., Cham., COFF., Mag-c., Merc-c., Phyt., Rhe., Sec-c., STAPH.

CONIUM MACULATUM.

Mind.—Confusion of thought and insanity. Weakened power of intellect and memory; very forgetful. Hysteria and hypochondriasis from too violent or unsatisfied sexual indulgence, with pensiveness, anxiety and peevishness. Aversion to work. Very ill humored. Anxiety of pregnant women. Anthrophobia, yet fears to be alone. Nightly fearfulness. Indifference.

Vertigo.—Whirling, when looking around. Intoxication, from the least quantity of spirituous liquors; after waking from siesta and when walking in open air.

Head.—Pressive headache. Stupefying ache. Attacks of tearing, gouty pains in temples or side of, with asleep feeling in brain and nausea. Chronic, outward stitches, especially in vertex and forehead. Sensation of a large, thick lump in brain. Great sensitiveness of brain to noise. Unilateral bruised pain. Hydrocephalus. Falling of hair. Worse: Night; morning, fasting; early on awaking; touch; motion; turning eyes toward affected side; debauch, after a; after eating; talking; after waking from siesta, walking in open air. Better: Stooping; external pressure; lying; closing eyes.

Eyes.—Sense of coldness or burning, when in open air. Itching below. Pressure in, when reading. Gray cataract, after confusions. Daylight dazzles. Myopia. Surrounding objects appear red. Photophobia without inflammation.

Ears.—Tearing and sticking about and in. Roaring and buzzing in. Accumulation of discolored earwax. Painfully sensitive hearing.

Nose.—Purulent discharge from. Excessively acute smell. Persistent stuffed coryza, with obstruction of both nostrils. Sneezing.

Face.—Heat of. Pale, bluish, puffy. Itching. Moist, spreading eruption on. Nightly, sticking, tearing face pains.

Teeth.—Drawing ache, < cold things.

Mouth.—Spasm of œsophagus. Involuntary swallowing, especially when walking in wind. Swelled tongue. Sense of a rising body in throat, with much swallowing.

Appetite.—Complete want of, and of thirst.

Eructation.—Continuous, empty. Tasting of ingesta.

Nausea, etc.—Inclination to vomit, with loss of appetite. After every meal. Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.

Stomach.—Constrictive spasm in. Sense of inflation of, and of upper abdomen, after drinking milk. Painful soreness of.

Abdomen.—Painful soreness when walking on pavement. Induration of, from swelling of mesenteric glands. Hysterical uterine spasms.

Flatulence.—Rumbling and growling in abdomen. Discharge of cold flatus.

Hypochondria.—Stitches in spleen.

Stool.—Hard, every two days only. Constipation, with ineffectual urging; during pregnancy. Diarrhœa: Undigested, with bellyache; exhausting.

Urine.—White, turbid, thick. Bloody. Frequent, nightly urination. Pressure upon bladder. Cutting in urethra during urination.

Sexual Organs.—Impotency and want of erections. Insufficient erections, lasting too short a time. Excessive pollutions. Swelled testes, after contusions. Itching upon and in pudenda.

Menses.—Too early, but too scant. Painful, spasmodic, abdominal colic during. Suppressed (especially in barren women). Acrid, burning leucorrhœa, preceded by pinching in abdomen.

Respiration.—Suffocative attacks. Tightness of chest on waking early in morning. Short, when walking.

Cough.—Dry, spasmodic, from irritation as of a dry spot in the throat, mostly at night. Suffocative, with flying heat of face. With bloody expectoration. After measles or scarlatina, or when a chronic tracheal affection threatens. During pregnancy. Whooping cough, especially in nightly paroxysms, excited by itching and tickling in throat and chest.

Chest.—Stitches in sternum and chest. Scirrhus of mammæ, after blows or contusions. Inflammation of female mammæ with stitching pain.

Upper Extremities.—Shoulder feels as though galled. Moist tetter on forearms. Sweat on palms. Panaritia. Numbness of hands and feet.

Lower Extremities.—Reddish spots, as from bruises, on calves, afterward turning yellow or green, preventing movement. Feet easily become cold.

Generalities.—General relaxation with inclination to laugh. Sense of exhaustion, early in morning when in bed. Sudden relaxation when walking. Faintness. Convulsive twitching of limbs. Spasmodic pains in various parts. Complaints of old age. After-effects of blows and contusions. Unusual liability to take cold. Most complaints appear during rest, especially at night and in separate attacks, others come on when walking in open air.

Glands.—Swelled, with crawling and sticking. Induration of, following blows or contusions.

Skin.—Sticking itching in. Nettlerash from violent bodily exertion. Death spots of old people. Old, moist tetters. Blackish ulcers, with bloody, fetid, ichorous discharge, especially from contusions. Pains in ulcers.

Sleep.—Sleepiness in daytime and early in evening, with forcible closure of eyelids. Sleeplessness with all complaints.

Fever.—Pulse: Extremely irregular; mostly slow and large, intermingled with small, quick beats. Sensible throbbing in blood vessels thro' entire body. Entirely absent. Chill: And coldness, early in morning and in afternoon (from 3 to 5 o'clock). With constant desire for warmth, especially that of sun. Early in morning, internal only; in afternoon with overrunning shivering. Heat: Great, internal as well as external, with great nervous excitability. With co-existent copious sweat. Sweat: Day and night, as soon as he falls to sleep or even closes eyes. Offensive at night and early in morning, causing smarting of skin.

Allied Remedies.—Ag-c., Anac., Ant-t., Coff., Cupr., Cycl., Dig., Dulc., GEL., LACH., Lyc., Nit-ac., Nux-v., Puls., Tab.

CROCUS.

Mind.—Great distraction and forgetfulness. Extraordinarily changeable mood. Mournfulness alternating with cheerfulness. Inclination to joke, laugh and sing. Gay insanity with buffoonery. Angry and flying into a passion, alternating with gentleness.

Vertigo.—With fainting. Whirling, and feeling of intoxication in forehead when in room, but not in open air; with occipital headache and pains in eyes.

Head.—Sudden thrusts in forehead and temples. In evening by artificial light, pain in forehead with burning and pressure in eyes. Pulsating pain in one side of, extending into eyes.

Eyes.—Nightly spasms of lids. Visible quivering of lids. Lachrymation when in room but not in open air. Inclination to blink or wipe them. Dilated pupils. In evening by candle light, dim vision, as of gauze or fog before.

Nose.—Bleeding thick, tenacious, black blood, with cold sweat on forehead.

Face.—Earthy color. Red, burning spots on. Glowing heat of. Cracked lips.

Mouth.—Scratching in throat in evening, before and after (not while) eating. Sensation in throat, as of a stopper therein, or as tho' uvula had fallen. White coat on tongue with elevated papillæ.

Appetite, etc.—Thirst in evening.

Eructation.—Heartburn after eating.

Nausea, etc.—Inclination to vomit disappearing in open air.

Stomach.—Sensation, as something living, hopping and jumping about in, and in abdomen or chest.

Abdomen.—Distension of. Sense of heaviness in lower, and pressing towards genitals.

Anus.—Sticking, itching and crawling in.

Sexual Organs.—Continual, sharp stitching from anus into groins, where it remains as a simple pain, < inspiration.

Menses.—Too early, and too profuse. Uterine hemorrhage of dark, tenacious, foul smelling blood. Discharge of blood during new or full moon.