Materia Medica G–I

(Cambogia)

Region:

• Stomach and BOWELS.
• Liver.

Worse:

• AFTER STOOL.
• Motion in open air.

Burnings. .................... Burning pains. Itching eye-lids; he rubs them (Ign.). Sneezing. Gurgling, pinching in bowels, then sudden yellow or green, THIN STOOLS COMING OUT IN PROLONGED GUSHES, with burning at anus and much relief.

Related: Crot-t.

Region:

• CIRCULATION.
• BRAIN CORD: OCCIPUT. Base. Neck.
• MOTOR NERVES: MUSCLES. Knees. EYES (LIDS. VISION.)
• MUCOUS MEMBRANES: Nose. Gall-ducts.
• Right side.

Worse:

• EMOTIONS; DREAD.
• Surprise.
• Shock.
• Ordeals.
• Motion.
• Weather: SPRING. Foggy. HUMID. Muggy.
• Heat of summer.
• Periodically.
• Dentition.
• Tobacco.
• Gas.

Better:

• Profuse urination.
• Sweating.
• Shaking.
• Alcoholic drinks.
• Mental effort.

ACHING, TIRED, HEAVY, WEAK AND SORE; < limbs. Grippe. Overpowering aching. Heavy single parts, heart, liver, etc. Lies quietly, half reclining. Nerve exhaustion. Dull, drowsy and dizzy. TREMOR; or twitches of single muscles, face, chin, tongue, etc.; wants to be held. Chorea, of pregnancy. Paretic effects; eyes, throat, anus, bladder, etc. Inco-ordination. Fulness. Passive congestion. Symptoms accompanied by vertigo, eye or visual effects, drowsiness or polyuria. .................... CONFUSED, dazed, apathetic, torpid, dull, drowsy and dizzy, or indifferent; answers slowly. DREAD of falling; of ordeals, death, pains, etc. VERTIGO; drunken; in occiput. Headache; dull, HEAVY, band-like, occipital, to over eyes; < tight hat; swelled feeling; basilar. Meningitis. Apoplexy. Suffused, sore, aching eyes. HEAVY, DROOPING EYELIDS. VISION; double; swimming; blind spells; affected, then migraine. Face full, dusky-red; heavy, expressionless; besotted. Ciliary neuralgia; pains into ears on swallowing. Pains to occiput. Nose stuffed. Sneezing; thin, acrid coryza. Sensation as of hot water flowing from the nostrils. Heavy tongue; thick speech. THIRSTLESS. Griping in gall- bladder. Copious, yellow stools. Painless, nervous diarrhœa. Rectal pains after labor. Clear, watery urine, > headache. Alternate pelvic and head symptoms. Atonic seminal losses. Heavy, sore uterus; it feels grasped. Dysmenorrhœa. Labor pains go up, backward or down thighs. Rigid os. Deep yellow leucorrhœa. Hoarse, during menses. Tiresome breathing. Chest; as of a lump behind sternum; congestion. Heart sore; threatens to stop, must move. Spine, dull pains up and down, > walking; with occipital pain. Pains under scapulæ. Hard ache in r. humerus. Wants hands in cool water. Heavy lower limbs. Weak knees, < descending. Tottering gait; can't direct his legs. Moist, yellow skin. DROWSINESS; starts on dropping to sleep. Heavy, stupid sleep. Full, round, soft pulse. Blood rushes from occiput to forehead. Visual disturbances, then chill. Chilly and achy; with languor (Sil.); mingled or alternating with heat; up and down back. Cold hands and feet. Heat with sopor. ABSENCE OF THIRST, or trembling. Cold sweat on genitals. Fevers; bilious-remittent; malarial; cerebro-spinal. Measles. Ebullitions and heats. Sluggish fever. Shuddering chill. Complementary: Arg-n. Sep.

Related: Con. Ign. Mur-ac. Nat-m. Sep. Ver-v.

(Scoparius Genista)

Region:

• Heart.
• Kidneys.
• Cord.
• Muscles.
• Left side.

Worse:

• Turning on left side.

Better:

• Cool air.
• Rapid motion.
• Passing flatus.

Heavy ache; stomach and bowels seem filled with stones or a firm mass. Flatulency. Colic, then bright, acrid, foamy stools followed by burning at anus. Very profuse, bright, foaming urine, then burning pudendum. Intercurrent congestion of kidneys. Anxious oppression at heart, radiating to left shoulder and neck. Palpitation, with congestion to head. Deadness of right arm and fingers. Barber's itch.

Related: Pho.

Region:

• BRAIN.
• VASO-MOTORS: CIRCULATION. HEAD (forehead). HEART.
• Mastoids.
• Respiration.

Worse:

• HEAT: ON HEAD. Overheating. OF SUN, lamp, etc. HOT WEATHER.
• MOTION: SHAKING. JAR. Bending head back. Injury.
• Wine.
• Suppressed menses.
• Fruits.
• Weight of hat.
• Hair cut.

Better:

• Open air.
• Elevating head.
• Cool things.
• Cold application, bathing, etc.

A tempestuous remedy, full of VIOLENT PULSATIONS. EBULLITIONS or irregular congestion; general P.; with numbness. UPWARD RUSHES OF BLOOD. As if enlarged, distended or being smaller. Bursting, expansion or enlarged feeling of eyes, head, tongue, etc. Pains that come long after injuries. .................... Confused, bewildered; loses himself. Sinks down unconscious. Sun-stroke. Apoplexy. Congestion to head in suppressed menses, eclampsia, albuminuria, etc. WAVES; OF TERRIBLE BURSTING, POUNDING HEADACHE, as if standing on head; expanding and contracting or blood surging back and forth from head, < carotids to heart; alternating between temples; < sunshine; < damp days. Cracking, snapping, shocks, explosions or soreness deep in brain. Head lies too heavy on pillow. Pains in malar bones, ending in a headache. Numb, sore vertex. Sharp, shooting behind ears. Red lower eyeballs or lids. Staring, dry, protruding or sunken eyes; lids stick to balls (Guai.). Blind spells. Bluish face. Veins of temples swelled. Heavy tongue. Thick saliva in A.M. Throat feels swelled. Heavy breathing. As of a load on chest. Heart seems full, quivers; strong pulsation, and into (l) neck. Violent palpitation. Cardiac pains; radiate to all parts; toward arms. Cardiac pains, < leaning backward or wine. Neck feels full and stiff. Trembling hands. Awakes fearing apoplexy. Full, tense pulse. Venous pulse. Heat on crown of head and along spine. Burning in small areas or single parts. Heat, with hot sweat. Horrible sinking in epigastrium. Complementary: Bell.

Related: Amy-n. Bell.

Region:

• NERVES: SCIATIC. Crural. Abdominal.

Worse:

• Walking.
• Lying.
• Cold damp.

Better:

• Flexing limbs.
• Sitting.
• Intense sciatic pains; alternating with or followed by numbness or formication. Offensive diarrhœa with colic, < morning.

Related: Colo.

Region:

• Uterus.
• Ovaries.
• Kidneys.

Worse:

• Motion.

Uterine reflexes. .................... Flow of saliva. Nausea on awaking. Vomits on motion or raising up. Hyper-emesis. Sensitive stomach, with much gas. Ovarian pains extend toward uterus. Uterine torpor. Cervical pain. Sensitive womb. Menses late, scanty and watery.

Related: Senec. Ustil.

Region:

• NUTRITION.
• Circulation.
• SKIN: Folds. Behind ears. Angles. Flexures. Orifices. Nails.
• Mind.
• Mucous membranes.
• Glands.
• Eyes.

Worse:

• COLD.
• Drafts.
• Light.
• During menses.
• Suppressions of eruptions.
• Empty swallowing.
• Fats.
• Hot drinks.
• Warmth of bed.
• Scratching.
• Night.
• Wet feet.

Better:

• Open air; after walking in.
• Eating.
• Touch.

LUMPY, THICK OR HARD (Chin. Thu.); skin, glands, tarsi, nails, scars, callosities, stools, crusts, etc. Infiltrations. EXCORIATIONS, CRACKS OR FISSURES; in angles; at margins of mucous membranes; of eyes, nostrils, mouth, finger-tips, nipples, anus, etc. Emaciation; of affected part. Scanty, foul, thin, sticky, corrosive secretions. Watery hæmorrhages. Sense of burning, numbness or deadness. Pains go to part not lain on. Fat, relaxed, chilly and costive. .................... Impulse to groan. Sad, fearsome and irresolute. Music brings tears. Brain feels numb. Burning spot on vertex. Heavy occiput. Wens. Matted, brittle or falling hair; < vertex and sides. Milk crust. Sore or cracked outer canthi. Scrophula of eyes. Pale tarsi. Ingrown lashes. Photophobia. Inflamed or dry, scaly tarsi. Scales from ears. Briny otorrhœa. Tinnitus. Hears > in a noise. Moist eruption behind ears. Dryness in ears and nose. Nose; stuffed coryza; bleeding, < before menses. Acute smell. Sensation as of a cobweb on face. Acne before menses. Barbers'itch. Lumpy goitre. Rotten taste. Dots of thick, white fur on tongue. Choking; on swallowing, from goitre, etc. Sour: taste, eructation, blood about teeth, stool, urine, odor from mouth, sweat, etc. Hunger. Averse to meats and sweets. Alternate digestive and skin symptoms. Gastric pains -burning- necessitate eating. Morning sickness during menses. Can't bear pressure about waist. Foul belching. Flatulence. Stomach > heat, hot food, eating and lying. Abdomen distended, as from incarcerated flatus. Intestinal torpor. Large, knotty, difficult, stringy, slimy coated stools; or loose, brown, lienteric and very foul. Constipation; for days (Sep.). Fissures of anus bleed and ulcerate. Stool of masses of mucus. Slender stool and urinary stream. Priapism. Sexual exhaustion. Itching of anus and pudendum; before menses. Averse to coition. Swelled (l) ovary. Cramps in various places or burning. Indurations; ovaries, mammæ, etc. Menses irregular; late, scanty, painful, etc.; cold taking, morning sickness or sweats during. Gushes of irritating, white leucorrhœa; instead of menses. Suffocation, after mid-night, > eating. Voice lacks control, > using it. Circulation irregular. Flushings. Rushes of blood to head. Bunions, < fire heat, > pressure. Can't stretch enough. Paralysed feeling in limbs. Arms and legs go to sleep. Rawness in folds of skin. Eruptions, cracked, moist and bleed easily; < on head and behing ears. Foul, acrid foot-sweat; chafes toes. Crippled, crumbling nails. IRRITABLE, DRY, rough skin, that breaks easily and exudes A GLUEY MOISTURE; < in folds - and is slow to heal. MOIST, CRUSTY ERUPTIONS. Eczema; anal, crural, palmar, etc. Wandering or recurrent erysipelas (Hyds. Rhus-t.). Eruptions, < from heat. Supersensitive to cold; it < bone- pains, coryza and stomach. Cold, wet feet. Burning coldness. Complementary: Sul.

Related: Ars. Calc-fl. Carbons. Fer. Kali-bi. Pul.

Region:

• Gastro-intestinal tract.
• Mind.
• Sexual organs.

Worse:

• Eating.
• Drinking too much water.
• Summer.
• Motion.
• Coffee.
• Dinner.

Atony. Paralytic pains. Coldness. .................... Weak will. Hypochondriasis. Emptiness after eating. As of cold water or a loose, heavy load in stomach. Profuse, gushing, watery or frothy, yellow-green, exhausting stools, then relief (Gamb.). Nightly emissions, then erections. Nymphomania. Coccygeal pain. Limb gives way, with sciatic pain.

Related: Mag-c.

Region:

• Pneumo-gastric nerve.
• Bronchiæ.
• Respiration.

Worse:

• Falling to sleep.

Profuse secretions. .................... Suffocates on falling to sleep or on awaking. Asthma. Rattling breathing. Tenacious expectoration. Bronchorrhœa. Cutting soreness about spleen.

Related: Lach.

Region:

• Secretions: Glands. TONSILS. Ovaries. Skin.
• Fibrous tissue: Ligaments. Joints.
• Chest.

Worse:

• HEAT.
• Touch.
• Motion.
• Exertion.
• Rapid growth.
• Mercury.

Better:

• Cold (locally).
• Apples.

Rigid, painfully swelled joints. Arthritic symptoms. FREE, FOUL SECRETIONS, expectoration, sweats, etc. Impending suppuration, quinsy, old bronchitis, etc. Burning heat; in affected parts. Gnawing or sticking pains; < chest. Muscles seem too short; eye-lids, back, thigh, etc.; sore. Growing pains. Contraction; between scapulæ; palmar; distorting. Fixed, short tendons. Nodes. .................... Forgetful. Pain from head into neck. Eye-balls seem too big for lids. Ex-ophthalmos. Throat; burning; dry; painful to touch; tonsilitis (r), recurrent (Phyt.), then rheumatism. Averse to milk. Stoppage in epigastrium causes cough, dyspnœa, etc. Dry cough, with hot face and burning fever. Sticking in apex of (l) lung. Phthisis. Recurrent pleurisy. Aching, sore neck; one side stiff. Tense, short thigh muscles. Arthritis deformans. Yawning and stretching. Wakes as if falling. Sweats, profuse; on single parts, face, etc. Night-sweats.

Related: Fer. Kali-bi. Kre. Pho-ac. Phyt.

Region:

• Urinary organs.
• Circulation.
• Sensations.

Worse:

• Cold.
• Walking.

Better:

• Rest.
• Leaning against something.

Lividity. Numbness. .................... Slow grasp. Head feels bound. Pain under brows and into nose. Outpushing in eyes; wants to rub them. Crawling on (l) face. Teeth sensitive to cold air. BLUISH TONGUE. Hot, sour belchings. Burning spot in stomach.

Related: Op.

Region:

• VEINS: Rectum. Genitals. Limbs. Throat.
• Liver.
• Abdominal and chest walls.

Worse:

• Injury.
• Bruises.
• Pressure.
• Air: Open. Humid. Cold.
• Jar.
• Motion.
• Touch.

SORENESS, bruised; in blood-vessels; localized; abdominal, etc. Tense, bursting feeling; in piles, joints, or lower limbs. Congestive fulness. Veins, sore; cutting; swelled; inflamed. Painful varicoses. Hæmorrhage; capillary; dark, fluid; relieves or causes undue weakness. .................... Irritable and chilly. Hammering headache, < l. temple. Blood-shot eyes. Taste of blood. Pain and heaviness back of stomach. Piles. Pain up along spermatic cord. Neuralgia of testes. Orchitis; < touch. Varicocele. Breaking backache. Profuse, dark menses. Scapular pains. Dull ache about kidneys. Phlebitis. Ecchymoses. Varicose ulcers with bloody bases. Complementary: Fer. Flu-ac.

Related: Arn. Pul. Vip.

Region:

• MIND.
• BRAIN.
• Sensorium.
• Nerves; motor; sensory.
• Membranes: Serous. Mucous.
• Kidneys.
• Muscles.
• Exudations.

Worse:

• Cold air.
• Puberty.
• Dentition.
• Suppressions.
• Exertion.
• Evening (4-8 P.M.).

Better:

• Strong attention.

A dark, dusky remedy; dark face; sooty nostrils; dark lips, hands, etc. Serous effusions. Gradual onset, with advancing weakness, blunted senses and sluggish responses; drops things, staggers, etc. Automatic acts. Lies on back with knees drawn up. Muscle pains, spasm or paralysis. Feeble and delicate. .................... Inattention. Stupid, obtuse or apathetic. Brain symptoms, with anorexia. Blank, somber despair. Won't eat or speak. Fixed ideas. Things look new. Heavy, numbing headache. Rolls head or bores it into pillow for relief. Congestion. Hydrocephalus. Stupid, staring or tired look. Eyes half open. Pale face. Chewing motions. Fetor oris. Numb, dry, trembling tongue or covered with yellow ulcers. Ptyalism. Averse to vegetables. Distended abdomen. Watery or gelatinous stool. Urine, scanty, with dark flecks or sediment; retained. Nephritis. Uræmia. Dropsy. Amenorrhœa from cold. Small, soft pulse. Sopor; with cries or starts. Coldness. Chill, with fever or heat; with sweat. Complementary: Zin.

Related: Bry. Op. Zin.

Region:

• FEMALE ORGANS.
• Kidneys.
• Mind.
• Muscles.

Worse:

• Fatigue: Labor. Abortion. Stooping.
• Pregnancy.
• Pressure of clothes.

Better:

• If busy.
• Diversion.
• Holding abdomen.

Unduly exhausted females. Uterine reflexes. Heavy, sore, aching-burning; kidneys; in muscles; in back. .................... Deep gloom. Melancholy. Irritable; wants to be let alone. Heat or upward pressure in vertex. Aphthæ. Dull ache and heat in region of kidneys. Excessive urine. Nephritis of pregnancy. Sugar and albumen in urine. Heavy, sore, tender, ulcerated or prolapsed womb. Dark, foul blood from uterus; hæmorrhage from atony. Foul, lumpy or curdled leucorrhœa. Inflamed, itching, aphthous vulva. Heavy dragging in pelvis. Squeezing in chest. Swelled, painful mammæ. Tender nipples. Aching between scapulæ. Sore pain in outer side of thighs. Anæmia. Hot, when tired.

Related: Senec. Sep. Tril.

Region:

• NERVES.
• CONNECTIVE TISSUE.
• RESPIRATORY MEMBRANES.
• Flexures.
• GLANDS.
• Kidneys.
• Skin.
• Bridge of nose (Kali-bi.).

Worse:

• COLD, dry: AIR. WINTER. DRAFTS. WIND. PART BECOMING.
• LEAST: UNCOVERING. TOUCH. Noise. Exertion.
• Lying on painful part.
• Mercury.
• Night.

Better:

• HEAT: WARM WRAPS. TO HEAD. Moist.
• DAMP WEATHER.

Lax. CHILLY AND OVERSENSITIVE; to cold; to pain; or to touch; faints easily, etc. Profuse secretions; foul; like old cheese. Sour, stools, smell of body, sweat, etc. SWEATS EASILY, but dare not uncover; and profusely, without relief. As of a wind blowing on part. Wears overcoat in hot weather. Tak(e cold from damp exposure. Sore STICKING, like sharp splinters. EVERY HURT FESTERS. SUPPURATION; threatens, or much thick pus. Abscess. Mastoiditis. Yellow, sclerotic, expectoration, sweat, etc. .................... Bad temper. Sudden weak memory. Touchy, mentally and physically; to pain, cold; easily becomes cross and violent. Hasty, violent, irritable or dissatisfied. Hair falls in spots; sore to touch. Corneal ulcer or maculæ. Photophobia. Chronic otorrhœa. Boring at root of nose. Stuffed, painful nose. Ripened colds and old catarrhs. Sneezes from every cold wind. Hawks mucus. Rough sticking like a splinter, fish- bone, etc., in throat. Quinsy. The upper jaw projects. Goitre (r); pains into head. Stomach weak; easily upset. Craves acids, condiments or stimulants. Eating refreshes, but causes heaviness. Foul mucus from anus. Stool difficult, although soft. Must wait to urinate; passes blood and pus afterwards. Nephritis; after scarlatina. Very foul, hot, membranous or pussy leucorrhœa. Painful larynx. Cough from least uncovering. Whistling, choking breathing; must bend head back. Croup. Hoarseness; chronic; of singers. Aphonia. Asthma; after suppressions. Cough, choking, barking; < cold drinks or in A.M.; hacking, as from a feather; LOOSE, but can't expectorate, tightens up in cold air. WEAKNESS AND MUCH RATTLING IN CHEST. Much expectoration; thick, yellow. Recurrent bronchitis; from every cold. Skin sensitive to cool air (Agar.). Foul, moist eruptions in folds. Torpid, pulsating ulcers; encircled by smaller ones, pimples or boils. Impetigo. Poor granulation. Sweaty and rattles with every cold or cough. Night- sweats. Low fevers. Hectic. Body exhales a foul odor. Complementary: Iod. Sil.

Related: Merc.

Follows: Pho. Sil. Antidotes: Bell. Cham. Kali-io. Merc. Sil.

Region:

• MUCOUS GLANDS: Nasal cavities. STOMACH. Gall-ducts. Intestines.
• Muscles.
• Uterus.

Worse:

• AIR: Inhaling, cold. Dry winds. Open.
• Slight bleedings.
• Washing.
• Old age.

A mucus remedy; hawks up much mucus; mucus in stools, urine, etc. Atonic, cachectic or degenerative conditions. Shallow ulcers. Hæmorrhagic or CATARRHAL processes. Thick, yellow, acrid (Sanic.), ropy secretions. Sense of raw-burning. Weak, dyscrasic and emaciated. .................... Neuralgia of scalp and neck. Thin, yellow, sunken face. Nose; sore; bleeds; bloody crusts. Post-nasal dripping. Dirty, yellow, slimy, flabby, indented tongue (Nat-p. Yuc.). Taste bitter; burnt. Aphthæ. Loathing. Goneness or as of sharp lumps in stomach. Cutting from liver to r. scapula., < lying on back or r. side. Lumpy stool; coated or mixed with mucus. Obstipation; of pregnancy; after purgatives. Mucus in urine. Thick, acrid leucorrhœa. Ulcer of cervix. Loose cough; bloody expectoration. Raises quantities of mucus. Senile bronchitis. Palpitation, with weakness. Heat alternating with chilliness; profuse sweating.

Related: Ars. Kali-bi. Pul.

Region:

• Brain.
• Heart: Circulation. Respiration.
• Epigastrium.

Worse:

• Full moon.
• Suppressions.
• Storms.

Sudden effects; collapse; spasms; apoplexy. Lacks reaction. Cramps every where. Evacuations cease. Lightning-like jerks from head to feet. .................... Fear of death. Loud, involuntary cries. Sinks down unconscious. Intense cerebral congestion. Prolonged faints. Pale or bluish face. Cramps in masseters; in nape. Mouth dry. Taste pussy; metallic; astringent. Noisy swallowing. Gasping, irregular, slow breathing. Asphyxia. Cholera. Dry, tickling, night cough. Heart: failure; compression at. Contracted dorsal muscles. Blue exanthema. Pulse, failing; unequal; with occasional strong beats. Distended blood-vessels; writhing in them. Icy coldness; < hands.

Related: Agar. Cup. Laur.

Region:

• MIND.
• Brain.
• Nerves.
• Muscles: Face. Eyes.

Worse:

• EMOTIONS: Fright. Jealousy.
• TOUCH.
• Lying.
• Cold.
• Sleep.

Better:

• Sitting up.

Congested nerve centers; with pale face. Spasm, tremor, jerks, cramps, etc., or active mania; alternating with, or ending in depressive narcosis, with angular or clutching motions, CARPHOLOGY, subsultus, etc. Picks fingers. Zymoses. Eclampsia. .................... Many bewildering aberrations. Confusion. Delirium. MANIA, erotic, exposes genitals; riotous; laughing, singing, talking, babbling, quarreling, etc.; silly, with comical acts; plays with fingers. Fumbles the genitals. Lascivious (females). Jealousy. Suspicious; fears being alone, being pursued, water, etc.; wants to escape. Speaks each word louder. First, can't think, then can barely be aroused, then relaxation; with muttering, the lower jaw drops, he slides down in bed, has involuntary stools - bloody or yellow watery. Typhoid states. Vertigo, then spasm. Waves of pulsation in head. Pulsating headaches. Head shakes to and fro; < bending forward. Squint. Averse to light. Spasmodic closure of eyelids. Grimaces. Sordes on teeth. Stiff, dark, red, cracked tongue. Elongated uvula. Stools involuntary, although hard. Frequent, scanty, painful, nightly urination or retained urine. Spasms of dry, hacking, night cough; from a dry spot in larynx; < lying, eating or talking. Nervous wakefulness. Starts out of sleep. Low fever; with hot, pale skin. Warm sweat. Sexuality excited by Hyoscine is antidoted by Platina.

Related: Bell. Pho. Stram.

Region:

• SPINAL NERVES: COCCYX. Inter-scapular. Meninges.
• Vertex.

Worse:

• INJURY: Jar. Concussion. Penetrating. Shock. Bruises.
• Exertion.
• Touch.
• Change of weather.
• Fogs.
• Cold.
• Damp.
• Motion.

Better:

• Lying on face.
• Bending back.

LACERATED, injured or inflamed nerves; mashed fingers, etc. Injury to or reflected from brain or cord. Very painful, sore parts; occiput, coccyx, etc. Coccygodynia. Intolerably violent, shooting, lancinating along nerves; toward trunk; down sides of head or chest; in epigastrium; interscapular spine; finger-tips, etc., with crawling and numbness. Neuritis, as an outcome of injury. Neuralgia of stump. Shuddering. Spasms. Tetanus. .................... Heaviness or formication in brain. Head feels drawn to a point. Bubbling at navel. Dry rectum. Heart seems to drop. Painfully sensitive spine. Commotio spinalis. Pains in hips and small of back after labor. Limbs feel detached. Aching in l. sciatic, after long sitting. Feet seem furry or bones ache. Gaping wounds. Laborious dreams.

Related: Arn. Led. Rhus-t.

Region:

• MIND.
• NERVOUS SYSTEM.
• Cerebro-spinal axis.

Worse:

• EMOTIONS: GRIEFS. Chagrin. WORRY. Fright. Shock.
• AIR: Open. Cold.
• Odors.
• Touch.
• Coffee.
• Tobacco.

Better:

• Position: Change of. Lying on part.
• Urination.
• If alone.
• Pressure.

ERRATIC, CONTRADICTORY OR SPASMODIC EFFECTS; often violent; with rigidity, twitchings, tremor, etc.; during pain. Jerks run through whole body. SENSE OF A LUMP, foreign body or sharp pressure. Globus. Clavus. Hysteria. Pain in a spot, < close attention. Symptoms pass off with a profuse flow of urine. Oversensitive to pain. Tonic spasm of single parts, with frothing at mouth. Neurotic inheritance. Spasms from punishment (Agar.). .................... Brooding grief. Silent and sad; inward weeping. Intolerant of contradiction; of reprimands (Colo. Stap.). Angry with himself. Delicately conscientious. Everything irks her. Weak and excitable. ALERT, OVERSENSITIVE AND NERVOUS. Highly emotional. Capricious. Moody. Changeful. Faints easily. SIGHS, weeps or laughs by turns. Unhappy; love. Enjoys being sad. GRIEF; brooding. Alternate headache and backache (Melil.). Headache ends in yawning and vomiting. Eyelids seem dry. Flashes of light, from violent coughing. Nose sensitive to inspired air. Pain over root of nose. Sneezing attacks. One cheek red. Jaws snap shut; bites inside of cheek, tongue, etc. Masseters stiff and hard. Indurated tonsils; with little ulcers. Cramp in gullet. Swallows over a lump, > solids. Hiccough; with eructations, empty or bitter. Nausea or vomiting, > indigestible foods. Hunger, with nausea. Craves raw foods. Empty sinking or spasmodic ache in stomach; not > eating. Stool painful; difficult although soft, then constriction of rectum. Obstipation of neurasthenics. Pain shoots up rectum. Piles, > sitting. Prolapsus recti. Irregular menses. TAKES DEEP BREATHS; for relief. Choking. Spasm of glottis. Hacking cough. Cough violent, it shuts off the breath; dry, as from dust or sulphur fumes; < coughing. Constriction of thorax. Goitre. Tension in nape. Cramp in calf. Heavy feet. Painful skin, > pressure. Violent, spasmodic yawning. Light sleep, every sound wakes. Dreams same horrid dreams, over and over. Chill with a red face. Chill, shaking; nervous; with thirst; < pain. Heat, with aversion to uncover, but no thirst. Complementary: Aur. Nat-m. Pho-ac. Sep.

Related: Cimi. Nux-v. Sep.

Region:

• GLANDS: THYROID. Testes. Mesenteric. Mammæ.
• MUCOUS MEMBRANES: LARYNX. Lungs (R. Apex or base).
• HEART.
• Blood-vessels.
• Skin.
• Nerves.
• Connective tissue.

Worse:

• HEAT: ROOM. Air. Wraps.
• Exertion: Ascending. Talking.
• Fasting.
• Night.
• Rest.

Better:

• COLD: AIR. Bathing.
• Motion.
• Eating.

Intensely rapid action. ALWAYS TOO HOT. Hot, acrid or watery discharges. Persistent or salty secretions. Infiltration. GLANDS, SWELLED, HARD or heavy; later dwindling. Lean, hungry and hot. Weak and rapidly losing flesh; can't talk. Vascular degeneration. Scrofula. Acute exacerbations (Fer-p.). Local torpidity; little pus. Internal tickling. General pulsation or local throbbings. Burnings. .................... Dejected or intolerably CROSS and RESTLESS. Excited. Sudden dreadful impulses, > if busy, but motion < and exhausts. Thinks he is well. Reverberations in head. Prominent eyes. Pain at root of nose. Subject to head colds, < open air. Catarrh. Nose red and swelled; much sneezing; it drips hot water. Miserable, withered, brownish, sallow or dusky look. Increased saliva; soapy; foul. Metallic taste. Always hungry, yet emaciates, or variable appetite. Frothy, wheyey, fatty, cheesy or lienteric stools. Sediment in urine like red pepper. Sarcocele. Atrophied testes. Impotency. Menses brown; with weakness; after every stool. Leucorrhœa erodes thighs and linen. Painful, choking hoarseness; grasps the larynx. Laryngitis. Diphtheria; expectorates cast of larynx (Kali-bi.). Rough voice. Dry, tickling, croupy cough. Short breath. Raw bronchiæ. Violent pulmonary congestion. Pneumonia; rapid extension. Heart feels squeezed. Palpitation. Heavy mammæ. Hard goitre. Foot-sweat on backs of feet. Skin, dry, rough, dirty; brown spots on. Restlessness in blood prevents sleep. Hyperpyrexia, or external coldness with anxiety or stupor. Hectic. Heat waves to head. Sweats easily. Early morning sweats, with >. Complementary: Lyc. Sil.

Related: Ars. Flu-ac. Pho. Spo.

Antidotes: Ars. Bell. Hep. Op. Pho.

Region:

• MUCOUS MEMBRANES: DIGESTIVE. Stomach. RESPIRATORY. Lungs.
• Nerves: Pneumo-gastric. Spinal. Cutaneous.
• Umbilicus.

Worse:

• WARMTH; damp.
• Room.
• Overeating: Ices. Pork. Veal. Mixed or rich foods.
• Periodically.
• Quinine.
• Heat and cold.
• Recessions.

Better:

• Open air.

Profuse secretions. Foamy discharges, stool, etc. CONTINUOUS NAUSEA, gastric disturbances, BRIGHT RED, GUSHING HÆMORRHAGE (rapidly clotting), or shortness of breath accompany most complaints. Infantile convulsions. .................... Cries, screams and is hard to please. Downward crushing in head, to root of tongue. Migraine. Occipital pain, < vomiting, during chill, etc. Gushes of tears. Conjunctivitis. Cold (r), ear. Nosebleed. Sneezing. Face pale; blue about eyes or lips; white linea nasalis. Clean or red, pointed tongue. NO THIRST. Sudden faintness. HORRID NAUSEA; not > vomiting. Vomiting; bilious; < stooping. Repugnance to food. Miserable sinking or hanging loose feeling at stomach. Griping, clawing or cutting at navel; toward uterus. Brown, grass or yellow-green, molasses-like or bloody stools. Balls of mucus in stools. Dysentery. Urging to urinate; bloody urine. Cutting in uterus (l to r). Uterine hæmorrhage; gasps with each gush of blood. Painless hoarseness. Larynx and chest tight, < least motion. Spasm of vocal cords. Gasps for breath. Asthma. Paroxysms of retching, incessant or SUFFOCATIVE cough; with every breath; stiffens out, turns red or blue and finally is nauseated, gags or vomits; < stepping into open air; > warmth and repose. Pertussis. LOOSE (coarse) RATTLE IN CHEST, WITHOUT EXPECTORATION. Broncho-pneumonia. Hæmoptysis. Pains from kidneys into thighs. Short chill; alternates with heat or with external heat (Ap.). One hand cold, other hot. Long heat; without thirst. Hands and feet drip cold sweat. Suppressed or mixed intermittents; nausea in all stages. Catarrhal or gastric fevers. Complementary: Ars. Cup.

Related: Ant-t. Lob.

Region:

• GLANDS: DIGESTIVE TRACT. LIVER. Pancreas.
• Right side.
• Nerves.

Worse:

• Periodically: Weekly. 2-3 A.M. Spring and fall. After midnight.
• Mental exhaustion.
• Hot weather.

Better:

• Gentle motion.

Affections accompanied by rapid elimination. Sour, acrid, BURNING excretions. Oily nose, greasy taste and fatty stool. .................... Headache, with diarrhœa. Mouth feels greasy, burnt or scalded. Tongue feels cold. Sweet taste. Profuse ropy saliva. Sour-bitter belching (Nux-v.). Continuous nausea, bitter, acrid vomiting, urging to stool and profuse urine, with periodic visual disturbances, blindness, hemiopia, etc., accompany ophthalmic migraine (r); involving teeth. BILIOUS, WATERY, SOUR OR ACRID VOMITUS, WITH BURNING. Burning; < along whole digestive tract; not > by cold drinks. Sore over liver. BILIOUS, ACRID, WATERY STOOLS; BURN LIKE FIRE. Painless cholera morbus. Diabetes. Goitre. Zoster (r). The hip feels wrenched out. Shooting laming pains along limb. Sciatica (l).

Related: Ars. Merc. Pho.