Materia Medica X–Z

Region:

• Nerves.
• Respiration.
• Female sexual organs.
• Left side.

Worse:

• Sleeping.
• Dampness.

Better:

• Vomiting.

Grinding, shooting, radiating pains. Numb l. side. .................... Nervousness. Head threatens to fly to pieces. Throat feels like a hollow cavern. Violent, agonizing, grinding dysmenorrhœal pains, not > in any position; pains go into thighs or radiate over whole body, even to heart. Leucorrhœa replaces menses. Soreness of face of thighs, before menses.

Related: Ars. Lach.

Worse:

• 10 A.M. and 3 P.M.
• Light exertion.

Occipital pain. Blue vision. Burning in bladder. Numb r. arm, then left, > writing. Soles ache when tired, > pressure. Lumbar pain, < exertion, sitting, jarring, or standing.

Region:

• Ears.
• Nose.
• Throat.
• Left side.

Worse:

• MOTION.
• Lying on back.
• Washing head.

Gnawing, grinding ache. Wandering, shock-like pains. Catching stitches, that impede motion. .................... Averse to work; can't bring herself to it. Inward pressing; in spot on bregma. Throbbing temples; behind ears. Wavering vision. Bad odor within nose. Blows quantities of blood, pus and scabs from nose. Metallic taste. Indefinite cravings. Thoughts of eating are a bugbear. Can't tolerate her hands on abdomen. Dryness in vagina, with a sense of coming unwell; 10-12 A.M. Cough from tickling in throat-pit; expectorate sweet and loose, but had to be swallowed, or tough with spitting spells. Shooting from l. larynx up through tonsil into ear. Cutting at apex of heart; at night. Gnawing grinding below and above l. scapula. Feet sore. Cramps in toes at night; or grinding gnawing.

Related: Pul.

Region:

• Heart.
• Nerves.
• Valves.

Worse:

• Lying on L. side.
• Heat.

Jerkings, startings, etc. Lying on left side causes vertigo, palpitation, floating sensation, etc. .................... Nose, obstructed at night; blows thick, yellow chunks from; hot, dry nares. Goitre; presses inwardly. Myocardial exhaustion. Lower limbs feel as if floating. Cramps in calves, in ankles; must press feet to floor.

Related: Sticta.

Region:

• BRAIN AND NERVES: Occiput. Spine. Orbital region.
• Root of nose.
• Blood.
• Inner canthi.

Worse:

• EXHAUSTION; mental.
• Suppressions.
• Noise.
• Touch.
• Wine.
• After being heated.

Better:

• Motion.
• Hard pressure.
• Warm open air.
• FREE DISCHARGES.

Fagged, enervated or depressed; can't throw things off; develop exanthema or discharges, etc. Increasing weakness; < eating; with restlessness. Isolated effects; one part numb, another sensitive; formication; pain in spots; between skin and flesh, etc. Transverse pains. Automatic acts. Tremor. Jerkings; nightly. Spasm. Shootings. Descending paralysis. Disabling bone pains. Bloody discharges. .................... Fretful and sensitive; cries if vexed. Easily startled, excited or intoxicated. Muddled. Forgetful; repeats the question, then answers. Brain-fag. Screams; if moved; during sleep; with pain, etc. Violent vertigo; with stupor. Headache of varying intensity; pressive on vertex or root of nose; into eyes; with weak vision; < warmth, > hard pressure. Temples; heavy ache in; pain, < biting. Occiput; dragging, down back; as of a blow on, then weak legs; heat in. Crashing in head on falling to sleep. Rolls head and grinds teeth. Brain paralysis. Hair painful; on vertex; bristles. Eyes feel drawn together. Squint. Lachrymation on eating. Pterygium. Swelled nose. Pale, bluish, miserable face. Sticky lips. Bitter mouth. Voracity. As of a lump in liver region or at navel. Hypogastric flatulence. Itching at anus during stool. Piles draw down, > heat < walking; ulcerate. Violent urging but urinates only in certain positions, bending backward, crossing limbs, etc.; blood follows urine. Pressive cutting about kidneys. Grasps genitals; with each cough, etc. Sexual excitement. Onanism; during menses. Profuse, lumpy menses. Pain (boring) in l. ovary. Spasmodic dyspnœa, < flatulency > expectoration. Bursting, one hard throb or as of a cap over heart. Hard heart beat. Constricted chest. Nape tired; < mental exertion; lame, then stupor. Spine aching, burning along, < sitting; sensitive; inter-scapular cutting, > eructations; weak lumbar, < standing. Spasms, from spinal injuries. Pains in limbs on becoming heated. Hands tremble; eczema on. CAN'T KEEP FEET AND LEGS STILL; cramp when cold. Toes feel swelled; sore; ache in tips. Sensitive soles. Bones of feet feel broken. Sweaty feet, with sore toes. Stumbling. Spastic gait. Varicoses; painful; chronic; on genitals. Broken, unrefreshing sleep. Antidote: Tab. Complementary: Pul.

Related: Ign. Kali-p. Lach. Pic-ac.

Mental fatigue, depression and paralysis. Abuse of Bromides. Epilepsy.

Region:

• Nerves.
• Ovaries.
• Spine.

Better:

• Rubbing.

Oversensitive, nervous and sleepless. Spasmodic nervous effects. Yawning. Hiccough. .................... Excitable. Ticking over l. ear. Sour taste in A.M. Flatulent cramps; hypogastric. Mucous colitis. Smothers on attempting to eat. Ovarian or dysmenorrhœal pains, down limbs; during and after menses. Achings up back. Chills after mental excitement or exertion. Cold parts burn as they warm up.