Cyrus Maxwell Boger · A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

Materia Medica T–V

p. 853TABACUMscan ↗

TABACUM

Region:

  • Nerves: Cerebro-spinal. Vagus. Sympathetic. Ganglia. HEART.
  • GLANDS.
  • SECRETIONS.

Worse:

  • MOTION; of riding.
  • Lying on left side.

Better:

  • Cold; fresh air.
  • Twilight.
  • Uncovering abdomen.

Relaxing irritant; causing prostration, free secretions and exciting muscles of hollow organs. Cramp, then paralysis; of bowels, heart, etc. Paroxysmal or jerky effects. Stormy, dangerous cases, with rapid changes. Pains, < from heat. Faintness; slides down. Tremor. .................... Morose, despairing and wretched or indifferent. Confusion. Mental fag. Excessive vertigo; with copious sweat (cold), < opening eyes. Retina retains images too long. Deathly pale, pinched look. Retracted lips. Spasm of lower jaw. Tetanus. Much spitting; with complaints. Clutching about throat. Deathly nausea and violent vomiting; < least motion; with much spitting. Retching. Pregnancy. Seasickness. Acidity. Sinking at epigastrium. Wants abdomen uncovered. Heaviness in r. abdomen. Colic; with weakness. Involuntary choleraic or thick, curdled, watery stool; like sour milk. Ileus. Dribbling urine. Renal colic. Emissions. Impotency. Constricted chest. Asthma. Twisting about heart. Angina pectoris; with nausea, cold sweat and collapse. Unsteady heart beat. Backache, < lying > walking. Fuzzy fingertips. Nightmare. Icy cold skin. Thready, intermittent pulse. Cold legs. Heat; of one cheek; down spine; internal. Sudden cold sweats; with chills; in renal colic, angina pectoris, etc. Complementary: Op.

Related: Ars. Gel. Ver-a.

p. 854TARAXACUMscan ↗

TARAXACUM

Region:

  • Liver.
  • Stomach.

Worse:

  • Rest; sitting; standing.

Better:

  • Walking.
  • Touch.

Bilious, sick feeling. Stitches. .................... Depression. Coated tongue, with raw patches; mapped. Sour taste or hawks sour mucus. White stools. Bilious diarrhœa. Jaundice. Restless limbs, with tearing pains. Chilly after eating. Cold fingertips. Burning toes. Night sweats.

Related: Nux-v.

p. 855TARENTULA CUBENSISscan ↗

TARENTULA CUBENSIS

Region:

  • Cellular tissue.

Worse:

  • Cold drinks.
  • Exertion.

Spasmodic difficulty of breathing. Shattering cough; pertussis. Slow incubation, then rapid onset, with alarming prostration, atrocious burning or sharp stinging pains, board like HARDNESS OF PART and copious sweat. Intense diphtheritic fever. Malignancy. Sepsis. Carbuncle. Felon. Bluish abscess. Painful abscesses. Death agony. Paralysis, then convulsions. .................... Nervous restlessness. Fulness in head. Tendency to vomit. Pruritus vulvæ. Trembling hands. Fidgety feet. Purple discoloration. Gangrene. Pungent heat of surface. Drowsy. Unsteady gait.

Related: Anthx. Lat-m.

p. 856TARENTULA HISPANAscan ↗

TARENTULA HISPANA

Region:

  • NERVES.
  • HEART.
  • Spine.
  • RESPIRATION.
  • Generative sphere.
  • Right side.

Worse:

  • TOUCH.
  • Cold.
  • Noise.
  • Damp.
  • Periodically: Same hour. Yearly.
  • After menses.
  • Evening.

Better:

  • Relaxation: Rubbing. Sweating. Smoking.
  • Open air.
  • Music.
  • Riding horseback.
  • In the sun.

VIOLENCE; sudden. Restless, fidgety, hurried; in incessant motion, but walking <. Rolls from side to side (Am-c. Ars. Lach.); < head, and rubs it. Quivering. Numb prickling. Jerking. Twitching. Chorea. Synalgias; sexual (Ap.). Violent pain. Sepsis; deep. Emaciation; < face. .................... Averse to green colors. Dances up and down. Sensitive and nervous. Nervous laughter, then screams. Lacks control. Erratic. Impulsive. Selfish. Suddenly changing moods, fancies or strength. Hysteria. Hateful, adroit, crafty, cunning and destructive or depraved (Buf.). Throws things. Malingering. Kleptomania. Angry despair. Death agony. Vertigo, then spasms. As of needles pricking brain. Heavy l. parietal ache to face and neck, with impatience and nausea. Sleepless; from excitement. Violent, crushing headache, as an accompaniment. Meningitis. Thick tears. Expression of horror. Face fiery red; bloated. Craves raw foods. Heaviness in pelvis. Stool; oily; excited by washing head. Foul urine, with sandy sediment. Sensitive genitals. Sexual erethism. Hot semen. Dry, hot, raw, itching vulva and vagina, < scratching. Motions or burning in uterus. Cancer of cervix. Leucorrhœa of clear, acrid, sticky lumps. SUFFOCATION; must have fresh air; < coughing. Cough, > smoking, < noise. Heart, twists around; takes sudden jump. Chorea cordis, with arm symptoms; < hands in cold water. Painfully sensitive spine; touch excites pains in heart, chest, etc. (Bell.). Restless arms; keeps hands busy; picks fingers. Restless legs; impulse to walk. Festination. Cold, moist feet and hands. Itching soles. Sawing bone pains. Skin, purplish (Sol-n.); ecchymotic; cold spots or as of cold water flowing or dropping on part. Suppuration; deep; evacuates pus rapidly. Noma. Alternate chill and heat. General heat, with cold feet. Fever; septic. Sweat, profuse; excoriating. Complementary: Ars.

Related: Agar. Ars. Mygal.

p. 858TELLURIUM METALLICUMscan ↗

TELLURIUM METALLICUM

Region:

  • Spine.
  • Nerves.
  • Ears.
  • Eyes.
  • Skin.
  • Right to left.

Worse:

  • Touch.
  • Lying on part.
  • Cold.
  • Empty swallowing.
  • Spinal injuries.
  • Weekly.

Offensive; like putrid fish brine or garlic. Salty; taste; mucus from throat; pus, etc. Acrid discharges; excite itching, vesicles, etc. Periostitis. Numbness. Sharp, quick pains, then soreness. Sense of retention. .................... Vertigo; < falling to sleep. Linear head pains. Thick tarsi. Inflamed, bluish, puffy ears. Otitis. Fluent coryza, hoarseness and watery eyes. Twitching face; pains jerk angle (l) of mouth up. Rancid belching. Retching, ends in yawning. Stomach feels hollow. Sprained pain in chest muscles, over heart, < raising arms. Very sensitive or sore spine. Deep sciatic pain, < coughing, sneezing, straining or lying. Itching, pricking, as from bugs. Circular eruptions. Ringworm. Burning in an old scar. Chills down spine, < lying on back.

Related: Cep. Sele.

p. 859TEREBINTHINAscan ↗

TEREBINTHINA

Region:

  • Mucous membranes: KIDNEYS. Bladder.
  • Bronchial.
  • Respiration.
  • Heart.
  • Blood.

Worse:

  • Dampness.
  • Cold.
  • Night.
  • Lying.
  • Pressure.

Better:

  • Motion.

Kidneys affected, with rheumatism. Sudden, grippy aching. Stiff, sore muscles. Pain; excites urination; along larger nerves. Burning; tip of tongue, epigastrium; small of back; kidney; uterus, etc. Congestion. HÆMORRHAGE; passive; oozing mucous surfaces. .................... Exhausted and sensitive. Smooth, sore, glossy tongue. Bruised, sore abdomen and bladder. Flatulence. Tympanites. Ascites. Profuse mucous stools. Burning or pains along ureters. Strangury. Urine; smoky; with coffee grounds or thick, yellow, slimy, muddy sediment; odor of violets; bloody. Nephritis; early; scarlatinal; with violent bronchitis. Cystitis. Bleeding bladder. Pains alternate between bladder and navel. Metritis. Bronchial asthma. Hands feel swelled. Cramp in knees. Advancing purpuric spots. Drowsiness. Rapid pulse. Heat under skin. Cold sweat on legs. Antidote: Canth.

Related: Canth. Erig. Pho.

p. 860TEUCRIUM MARUMscan ↗

TEUCRIUM MARUM

(Marum Verum)

Region:

  • NOSE.
  • Lungs.
  • RECTUM.
  • Fingertips.
  • Toe-joints.

Worse:

  • Weather: Changing; damp. Cold.
  • In bed.

Better:

  • Open air.
  • Sweat.

Over-sensitive and excitable. Delicate and sensitive. Internal tremor; < excitement. .................... Sleepless, after excitement. Crawling in nose; must pick it; side lain on closes; lumpy discharge. Polypi. Anosmia. Atrophic catarrh. Mouldy taste in throat, on hawking or coughing. Itching of palate and ears. Solid lumps from posterior nares. Follicular pharyngitis. Itching anus; prevents sleep. Pinworms. Cough, < coughing. Ingrown nails. Complementary: Calc-c.

Related: Cina. Sil.

p. 861THERIDION CURASSAVICUMscan ↗

THERIDION CURASSAVICUM

Region:

  • NERVES.
  • Spine.
  • Bones.
  • Left side; head, chest.

Worse:

  • NOISE.
  • Touch.
  • CLOSING EYES.
  • Least motion.
  • Riding.
  • Jar.

Better:

  • Rest.
  • Warmth.

Hypersensitive. NOISE IS INSUFFERABLY PENETRATING; affects the teeth; causes nausea, chills, and pains all over; strikes painful spots, etc. Water feels too cold. Bounding internally. .................... Startled by the least thing. Fruitless activity. Sense of duality. Hysteria. Vertigo with nausea, on closing eyes. Headache felt during sleep, < jarring. Migraine. Glittering vision on stooping. Luminosities, then blurred vision. Pain over root of nose. Yellow- green, thick, foul nasal discharge. Ozœna. Post-nasal catarrh. Nausea, < least motion. Sea- sickness. Burning in liver. Pains at end of left floating ribs. Gonorrhœa. Cough; jerks body together. Too much air seems to enter chest. Stitch back through apex of left lung. Phthisis florida. Cardiac anxiety. Spine is sensitive to pressure or jar. Burning in upper arms. Restless feeling in hands; wrings them. Bones seem broken. Necrosis. Scrofula. Stinging thrusts in skin. Internal coldness. Cold sweat is easily excited.

Related: Asar. Sil.

p. 862THLASPI BURSA PASTORISscan ↗

THLASPI BURSA PASTORIS

(Bursa Pastoris)

Region:

  • Vascular system.
  • Female organs.

Worse:

  • Every other month.

Better:

  • Bathing.
  • Dampness.
  • Rapid motion.

History of hæmorrhage or suppressed vaginal discharges. .................... Impulse to walk far. Pain from above eyes up over head to nape. Taste like bad eggs. Craves butter-milk. Flatulence (r). Kidney stone. Menses or leucorrhœa leaves a fast stain. Leucorrhœa excites itching. Milky water runs from r. nipple. Weakness between scapulæ. Complementary: Sep.

p. 863THUYA OCCIDENTALISscan ↗

THUYA OCCIDENTALIS

Region:

  • Mucous membranes: GENITO-URINARY. Intestines.
  • Mind.
  • Nerves.
  • Occiput.
  • Glands.
  • SKIN.
  • Left side; ovary.

Worse:

  • COLD DAMP.
  • Heat; of bed.
  • Periodically: 3 A.M. Yearly. Increasing moon. During menses.
  • Urinating.
  • Gonorrhœa.
  • Syphilis.
  • Mercury.
  • Vaccination.
  • Tea.
  • Onions.

Better:

  • Warm: Wind. Air. Wrapping head.
  • Free secretions.
  • Sneezing.
  • Motion.
  • Crossing legs.
  • Touch.

Exhausted and soft. Great prostration. Rapid emaciation. Soft, exuberant, fungoid tissue; polypi; condylomata; warts, pediculated, black, suppressed, etc. Sycotic, hydrogenoid or lymphatic constitution. Foul, acrid, musty, rancid or sweetish odors. Oily stool, skin or sweat. Trickling; in urethra. Burning, sticking, numbing, drawing or wandering pains, < warmth. Rheumatism. Jerkings, of spinal origin. Parts look dead. .................... Ill-humored; sad; loathes life. Illusions, then fixed ideas; of fragility; of a live thing internally; of some one at his side; of being in hands of a stronger power, etc. Hasty and anxious; over trifles. Can't concentrate. Neurasthenia; prostatic. Vertigo; as if in a swing. Tearing or like a nail in l. head. Neuralgia. Dry, split hair. Eyes blood red; full of tears; stand open. Sclerotitis. Jagged iris. Photopsies, beyond visual field. Bloody scabs or briny odor in nose. Epistaxis. Face, pale, waxy, shiny; dark under eyes; spiderlets on. Boring in zygomæ. Teeth decay at edge of gums; gnawing pains, < cold. Ranula. Mucus in choanæ. Noisy swallowing or belching. Rancid or greasy eructations. Pushings in abdomen. Cutting squeezing in lower bowels, groins, bladder or urethra. Ileus. Gurgling in bowels; then painless, watery, grass green stools. Stools gurgle or pop out; < breakfast. Stools, of hard, black lumps mixed with gushing water; hurried; explosive; spraying; gassy. Moist anus or perineum. Urine burns; dribbles; foul; copious; frequent; must wait. Pain from l. kidney to epigastrium, < motion. Forward, cutting in urethra on urinating. Lithæmia. Offensive genitals. Testes seem bruised. Prepuce puffed; sloughing. Gonorrhœa. Chordee. Tearing in ovaries (l). Itching, sensitive vagina. Short, difficult breathing. Asthma. Cough by day only. Expectorates easier lying. Cheesy sputum. Anxious palpitation. Retracted nipples. Chest pains take various directions. Back; throbs; pressure over kidneys; atrophy of long muscles. Cracking joints. Numb fingers, on waking at night (Nat-m.). Crawling or inflamed finger or toe tips. Hips give way; limbs feel paralyzed. Restless knees. Painful soles. Foul, acrid foot-sweat. Skin brown; spotted; dirty; hairy. Eruptions itch or burn violently from cold bathing. Moist, foul polypi. Prurigo. Nævi. Bluish white ulcers. Stinging, jumping out feeling. Itch. Blood-boils on back. Foul pustules, with sunken apices. Nails ribbed, soft, brittle, crumbling, discolored or distorted. Sleepless when on l. side. Dreams of the dead. Shaking chill, with yawning; < urinating; not > heat. Heat rises into chest; with icy hands, nosebleed or cough. Sweat on bare parts; with dry heat on covered ones; with cold hands, > washing; profuse on genitals; gushing, < company; foul; pungent; staining. Complementary: Nat-m. Nit-ac. Sabi. Sil.

Related: Merc. Nit-ac. Sabi.

p. 865THYROIDINUMscan ↗

THYROIDINUM

Region:

  • HEART.
  • Central nervous system.
  • Right side.
  • Skin.

Worse:

  • Least: Cold. Exertion.

Better:

  • Lying on abdomen.

Splitting sensation; chest; ensiform appendix; spine. Clutchings. Chokings. Wants to lie down. Nervousness. Faintness. Rapid emaciation. .................... Tired and irritable. Heavy ache over eyes. Falling hair. Nose dry, indoors, moist in open air (Nux-v.). Dry, red lips. Metallic taste, at tip of tongue. Dry throat and larynx. As of a splinter stuck across throat. Cutting in liver, < deep breathing. Rolling flatulence with gurgling, then a loose, gassy stool. Bearing or aching down thro' pelvis, into anterior thighs. Gnawing in uterus. Cough on entering a warm room from cool air. Heart; palpitation, hammering; beat felt in ears; pains, radiating into axillæ; clutching, causing short breath. As if blood were rushing downward through body. Hypertrophy; after hard labor. Numb l. finger, then r. leg. Large veins on arms and hands. Very dry skin. As of a cold wind blowing on body. Icy cold l. hand. Cold clammy hands. Hot flushes, then chills, or drenching sweats (Amy-n.). Oily, musty sweat.

Related: Calc-c. Glo.

p. 866TILIA EUROPÆAscan ↗

TILIA EUROPÆA

Region:

  • Muscles.
  • Female genitals.
  • Urinary organs.

Worse:

  • SWEATING.
  • Drafts.
  • After sleep.

Dragging pains. Œdema. Sore; uterus, abdomen, etc.; bed feels too hard. Rheumatism. Neuralgia. .................... Heavy drag in urethra. Scanty urine. Cough from tickle in l. throat (Hep.). Sleepy; < during pain. Profuse sweat, without relief; THE MORE HE SWEATS THE GREATER THE PAIN (Cham.).

Related: Ap. Calc-c. Lil-t.

p. 867TRILLIUM PENDULUMscan ↗

TRILLIUM PENDULUM

Region:

  • FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS.

Worse:

  • Motion.
  • Climaxis.

Better:

  • Exertion in open air.
  • Tight bandage.
  • Bending forward.

Hæmorrhage; gushing. .................... As if eyes would fall out, the bones of hips, back or thighs be forced apart, etc.; with faintness and sinking at stomach. Menses every two weeks. Bleeding fibroids. Menorrhagia. Varices of pregnancy. Complementary: Calc-p.

Related: Sabi.

p. 868TUBERCULINUMscan ↗

TUBERCULINUM

Region:

  • LUNGS.
  • Mind.
  • Head.
  • Occiput.
  • Glands.
  • Larynx.

Worse:

  • CLOSE ROOM.
  • Motion.
  • Exertion.
  • Weather: DAMP (cold); changing.
  • Draft.
  • Awaking.
  • Noise.
  • Mental excitement.
  • Thinking of it.
  • Pressure of waistband.

Better:

  • Cool wind; open air.

Obscure, changeful indications. Susceptible, given to relapses, increasing exhaustion and lowered vitality. Rapid breakdown (Lyc.). Takes cold easily; ends in diarrhœa. TUBERCULAR TAINT. Scrofula. Quiverings. .................... SENSITIVE; every trifle irritates; < awaking. Fits of violent temper. Dissatisfied; always wants a change; reckless. Fear; of dogs. Confusion. Shooting from over eyes to occiput. Head pains; deep; violent; tears hair or beats head, < motion. Brain feels loose. Sensitive scalp. Eczema tarsi. Sweat on nose. Old, dingy look. Aching malar bones. Teeth; feel jammed; sensitive to air. Delayed dentition. Dryness in mouth; in choanæ. Sticky mouth. Hawks mucus after eating. Adenoids. Craves cold milk, or sweets. Drum belly. Brown, foul, watery, explosive stools. Tearing in rectum on coughing. Bed-wetting. Sticky urinary sediment. Menses soon after child bearing. Frightful dysmenorrhœa. AIR HUNGER. Hoarseness, > talking. Dyspnœa, < cough. Cough; fits of; with chill and red face; < evening; < raising arms. Mucus rattle in chest, without expectoration. Pneumonia; of grippe. Asthma. Sore spot in chest. Heaviness at heart. Tension in nape. Skin: dry, harsh; sensitive, easily tanned; itching in cool air. Brown fingertips. Branny scales. Many enlarged glands. Dreams, frightful, vivid; of shame; awakes in horror. Chilly; yet wants fresh air. Cold feet; < left; in bed. Heat; on cheek of affected side; flushes of; in spots; burning; on genitals; < eating. Sweat; easy; cold; clammy; in upper parts; on hands; < coughing. Clothes feel damp. Wants covers in all stages. Complementary: Calc-c. Kali-s. Sep.

Related: Pho. Pul. Sep.

p. 869URTICA URENSscan ↗

URTICA URENS

Region:

  • MAMMÆ.
  • Genito-urinary organs.
  • Liver.
  • Spleen.

Worse:

  • Cool: Moist air. Bathing.
  • Yearly.
  • Burns.
  • Stings.
  • Snow air (Sep.).

Stinging or stinging-burning. Urinous odor of body. Uric acid diathesis. Hæmorrhage. .................... White stool. Pinworms. Acrid urine, causing itching. Lithiasis. Swelled mammæ. Absence of milk. Fever at night; with vertigo and general pulsation. Acute gout. Itching- burning; on genitals. Uric acid intoxication. Pruritus. Nettlerash. Prickly heat. Hives; elevated; with rheumatism; after shell fish; with pinworms. Angio-neurotic œdema. Sweatiness. Vesicles.

Related: Form. Nat-m. Ocim.

p. 870USTILAGO MAIDISscan ↗

USTILAGO MAIDIS

Region:

  • Epithelium: Skin. Hair. Nails.
  • Female sexual organs.

Worse:

  • Climacteric.
  • Touch.
  • Motion.

Tumid tissues, tending to bleed slowly. Dark hæmorrhage. As of a knot; in throat, bowels, uterus, etc. .................... Depression. Loss of hair and nails. Sticky secretion matting the hair. Milk crust. Masturbation. Menses half liquid, half clots or stringy; vicarious. The uterus seeps dark, clotted blood. Spongy cervix. Metrorrhagia. Acute ovarian pain. Burning in r. ovary; soreness in l. and of uterus; pains shoot down thighs. Foul, yellow or brown leucorrhœa. Pain under l. breast. Dry, hot skin.

Related: Asaf. Bov. Sec-c.

p. 871VALERIANA OFFICINALISscan ↗

VALERIANA OFFICINALIS

Region:

  • NERVES: Spinal. Genito-urinary.
  • Mind.
  • Muscles, etc.: Calf. Heels. Tendo Achilles.

Worse:

  • REST.
  • STANDING.
  • Excitement.
  • Evening.

Better:

  • Changing position.
  • Walking about.
  • Rubbing.

Suddenly changeable disposition and symptoms. Alternations and want of reaction. Pains move outward; are here and there or come and go. Illusions; of smell, taste or hearing. Sense of floating; of a ball or plug. Globus. Impulse to move. Jerks. Weak single parts; eyes, arms, wrists, popliteæ, etc. .................... NERVOUS, excitable and weak; wriggles or squirms about; inclined to faint. Anger. Very mobile ideas, going from one extreme to another. Hysteria. Luminosities, before eyes in dark. Objects seem too near eyes. Greasy or rancid taste. As of a thread in throat. Eructations, like bad eggs. Hunger, with nausea; as if from navel. Gastric cramp. Flatulence. Colic. Polyuria. Strangling on dropping to sleep. Crampy pain in l. humerus, wakes from sleep. Heels pain when sitting. Coldness in upper head. Chills start and go down back from occiput. Fever composed of disagreeable heat only. Sudden gushes of sweat.

Related: Asaf. Ign. Pul.

p. 872VARIOLINUMscan ↗

VARIOLINUM

Region:

  • BLOOD.
  • Spine.
  • Muscles.
  • Metabolism.

Worse:

  • Motion.
  • Vaccination.

General aching, < in back, occiput and legs. Calcareous deposists in the blood-vessels, spinal cord, etc. .................... Green vision on rising. Every odor nauseates. Putrid, coppery taste. Tongue protrudes during sleep. Food seems to want to regurgitates. Tympanites, pouting upward; she looks pregnant. Breaking backache. As of bugs crawling under skin. Eczema of palms. Pustular eruptions; foul. Smallpox. Shingles and pains that follow. Ulcers look scooped out. As of cold water trickling down back. Violent chill. Intense burning fever. Foul sweat.

Related: Ant-t. Cimi. Maland.

p. 873VERATRUM ALBUMscan ↗

VERATRUM ALBUM

Region:

  • NERVES: ABDOMINAL. Heart. Blood-vessels.
  • Vertex.
  • Blood.
  • Respiratory and digestive systems.

Worse:

  • EXERTION.
  • DRINKING.
  • Cold drinks.
  • Fright.
  • During pain.
  • Wet cold.

Better:

  • Hot drinks.
  • Walking about.
  • Covering.
  • Lying.

VIOLENT EFFECTS; PROFOUND PROSTRATION, COLD SWEAT ON FOREHEAD, FAINTNESS OR COLLAPSE. SUDDEN, EXCESSIVE EVACUATIONS. Cramps; in chest, bowels, fingers, toes, etc.; with rigidity. Progressive weakness and emaciation; in acute diseases, eg., whooping cough, ague, etc. .................... Delirium; early; with violence, loquacity or lewdness; during pain. Prays, curses and howls in turn. Acute manias, insanities, etc. Remorse. Loss of ideation. Sits in silence. Melancholia. Overpowering headache. Hair bristles; painful. Face; deathly pale on rising; bluish, pinched or distorted; frowning; terrified look. Red l. cheek, as if burnt. Jaws cramp on chewing. Heaviness in teeth. Burning thirst. Craves ice water or sour drinks. Vomits or eructates froth. EXCESSIVE VOMITING, WITH PURGING; violent retching, cutting colic, cramps in limbs and rapid prostration. Cholera; morbus, infantum, etc. Painful epigastrium. Watery, green, odorless or colorless (rice water) stool, or in large masses. Nymphomania. The air seems too hot. Dyspnœa. Tickling down throat, into lungs. Continuous, violent cough; with retching; < cold drinks. Neglected pertussis, with complications. Aphonia. Heart; cuttings at; weak; visible palpitation. Fine burnings, in arms; r. to left. Cramps in calves; during stool (Ap. Sec-c.); between scapulæ, etc. > motion. Skin feels scorched. Awakes at night trembling. Thready pulse. GENERAL COLDNESS (icy); on vertex; of nose; in mouth; of waterbrash; limbs, sweat, etc. Blood seems to run cold or internal heat with cold (wrinkled) surface. Fevers showing external coldness only. Congestive chill. Complementary: Carb-v.

Related: Ars. Cam. Cup. Cyanides. Tab.

p. 874VERATRUM VIRIDEscan ↗

VERATRUM VIRIDE

Region:

  • Vaso-motors: MEDULLA. Occiput. CHEST. Stomach. Heart. Capillaries.

Worse:

  • RAISING UP.
  • Motion.
  • Cold.
  • Lying on back.
  • Puerperal states.

Better:

  • Rubbing.
  • Lying with head low.
  • Eating.

SUDDEN VIOLENT CONGESTION; cerebellar or thoracic; with nausea and vomiting, weakness, staggering, etc. Markedly uneasy. Trembling here and there during sleep, as if on the verge of convulsions. Muscle prostration. General pulsation. Erratic motions. Spasms; with twitchings, shrieks or opisthotonos; before or after menses; as a prodrome. Eclampsia. Uræmia. Burnings; in places; tongue, pharynx, gullet; of skin, which is cold; with prickling. Lies with head low. .................... Loquacity. Mania; puerperal. Delirium, with wild staring eyes and restless hands. Carphology. Head, thrown back; nodding or rolling motions; throbs on raising up; aches on vertex and between eyes. Pains up occiput, with dim vision and dilated pupils. Vision, of red spots; purple, on closing eyes. Deafness, < quick motion. LIVID, TURGID FACE, BUT BECOMES FAINT ON SITTING UP. Apoplexy. Heat stroke. Tension across malar bones. Chewing motions. Red or dry streak down center of tongue. Foul breath. Nausea, with vomiting and purging. Vomiting; violent, without nausea. Hiccough. Œsophagitis. Stomach seems to press against spine. Gastritis. Abdomen aches; cutting at navel. Slow, heavy breathing; as of a weight on chest. Dyspnœa. Violent cough from very start. Pneumonia. Dull, burning ache at heart. Aching neck and shoulders. Vesicles on hands. Cramps in feet, dorsæ, soles, etc. Dreams of water. Full, large, soft pulse or slow, with strong or violent heart beat. Hyperpyrexia or rapidly oscillating temperature; with sweat. Sepsis. Burning in chest. Clothes feel damp. Cold, clammy sweat. Cerebro-spinal fever.

Related: Aco. Gel.

p. 875VERBASCUM THAPSUSscan ↗

VERBASCUM THAPSUS

Region:

  • Nerves (facial): Orbits. Ears. Zygomæ.
  • Respiratory tract.
  • Bladder.
  • Left side.

Worse:

  • Drafts.
  • Change of temperature.
  • With every cold.
  • 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
  • Twice a day, at same hour.
  • Talking.

Better:

  • Deep inspiration (Osm.).

Spasmodic catarrhal or neuralgic effects. Earache. Coryza; with tears (Euphr.). Cramping, squeezing, crushing, paralyzing faceache; in malar bones. As of a lump at navel. Piles. Enuresis; < coughing; nightly. Deep, hollow, bellowing or trumpet toned cough. Cough; without waking; nervous; > deep breathing. Hoarseness.

Related: Aco. Plat. Sep.

p. 876VIBURNUM OPULUSscan ↗

VIBURNUM OPULUS

Region:

  • FEMALE ORGANS.
  • Nerves.
  • Left side.

Worse:

  • Fright.
  • Before menses.
  • Cold; snow air.
  • Lying on L. side.

Better:

  • Rest.
  • Pressure.
  • Open air.

Violent nervous or spasmodic effects; in females. Can't keep still. Cramping. Hæmorrhage. .................... Faint on sitting up. Left parietal pain. Snuffles. Frequent, profuse urination; during headache, menses, hæmorrhage, etc. Heavy ache or excruciating cramps in pelvis; > menses. Dysmenorrhœa; with flatulency, loud eructations and nervousness. Miscarriage. False labor pains. Violent, persistent after-pains. Uterine hæmorrhage. Suffocation, at night; < cold damp. Infantile asthma. Pains in back, end in a cramp in uterus or go down face of thighs. Cramps in calves before menses. Tettery spots on cheeks, arms, etc.

Related: Caul. Pul. Sep.

p. 877VINCA MINORscan ↗

VINCA MINOR

Region:

  • Skin.
  • Hair.

Worse:

  • After swallowing.

Weak and faint, as if to die. .................... Foul, matted hair. Cutting in lower œsophagus. Menorrhagia; blood flows and flows, with weakness. Weeping eczema intermingled with foul, thick crusts.

Related: Ustil.

p. 878VIOLA ODORATAscan ↗

VIOLA ODORATA

Region:

  • Nerves: Eyes. Ears.
  • Vision.
  • Wrists (R).
  • Skin.

Worse:

  • Cloudy weather.
  • Cool air.
  • Music.
  • Puberty.

Tension. Nervous activity, then sudden exhaustion. Combined eye, ear and kidney or worm symptoms. .................... Pain over brows. Pain l. eye to vertex, < cough. Cramp in eyes. Otorrhœa. Craves meat. Itching at anus. Milky urine. Enuresis. Weight on chest. Dry skin, with moist palms. Cold shoulders.

Related: Pul. Spi.

p. 879VIOLA TRICOLORscan ↗

VIOLA TRICOLOR

Region:

  • Skin.
  • Scalp.
  • Urinary organs.

Worse:

  • Pressing on opposite side.
  • Suppressed eczema.

Cracked, gummy crusts on scalp, exuding profuse, tenacious, yellow fluid, matting hair together; with swelled cervical glands. Milk crust. Eczema. Urine smells like cat's urine; involuntary in bed. Emissions, with vivid dreams.

Related: Rhus-t.

p. 880VIPERA TORVAscan ↗

VIPERA TORVA

Region:

  • VEINS.
  • Blood.

Worse:

  • LETTING LIMB HANG DOWN.
  • Cold.
  • Yearly.
  • Touch.

Bursting feeling. Hæmorrhagic tendency. .................... Epistaxis. Excruciating pain at epigastrium. Enlarged liver. Fulness and unbearable pain, as if limb would burst; must elevate parts; sits with feet high. Cramps in or blue lower limbs. Varicose veins or ulcers. Phlebitis. Goitre.

Related: Elap.

p. 881VISCUM ALBUMscan ↗

VISCUM ALBUM

Region:

  • Female sexual organs.
  • Nerves.

Worse:

  • Becoming chilled while hot.

Vertigo; persists after epileptic attack. Vertex; sudden throbbings in. Sore about waist. Milky urine. Bronchial asthma. Blood won't clot and wounds won't heal.

Related: Bufo.