Ομοιοπαθητική ΒιβλιοθήκηHelleborus
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General EN
(The following symptoms have been furnished by Hahne- mann.)
Obtusion of the head, producing dullness ; a dull pain every afternoon, from four to eight o'clock. Headache in the occiput, as if bruised, especially when stooping, (a. 48 h.) Headache on one side, a tearing, with chilliness. Headache from the nape of the neck to the vertex. — 5. Piercing head- ache, changing to a burning in the brain when sitting up.
He knows not how to hold his head to relieve his pain ; he lays it all the time to another side ; the pain is least when he forces himself to lie still and forgets his pain, slumbering with his eyes half closed. Dullness and heat in the head ; burning in the head. Dull and heavy in his head. (I infer from various observations that stupor, an obtusion of the sensitive nervous system,-- -imperfect and heedless sight although the eyes are perfectly good, imperfect hearing although the organ of hear- ing is perfectly sound, imperfect or no taste although the organ of taste is in a good condition, constant or frequent absence of
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thought, want of recollection of the things which had just taken place, indifference, light slumber without the sleep being refreshing, desire to work without having the power or attention necessary to do something, — is a primary effect of Hellebore.) Heaviness and heat in the head, with cold fingers and chilliness of the whole body, diminishing when the hands are kept wrapt up and warm. (a. 1 h.) — 10. Painful heaviness in the head, with tension and pressure, apparently from without inwards, in the temples, but especially in the forehead ; at every pulsa- tion a pressing drawing is felt, as if the blood pressed violently through the head, (the whole day, especially during the fever,) less in the open air.
Aching pain in the root of the nose. Small tumors in the integuments of the forehead, painful, as if bruised or contused. Yellowish color of the face. Pale face, while the head is hot. — 15.
Twitchings of the eyelids. (Swol- len, red eyelids.) He is sensitive to the light of day ; he does not want to see the objects around him, and lies with his eyes closed (during the fever). Dilatation of the pupils. Sensation in the eyes as if closed by something heavy pressing from above ; he has to make an effort, to open them wide (in the open air), (a. 7, 8 h.) — 20.
Pressure in the hollow behind the lobule. Rheumatic stiffness of the nape of the neck. Pain of the cervical glands. (Ulceration of the angle of the lips, with itching.) Vesicles on the tongue. — 25.
Sore throat; pressure during deglutition. Ptyahsm. Bitter taste in the throat, more so when eating something. He has an appetite, but he does not relish what he eats, and he feels nauseated for a few mo- ments, ceasing immediately after dinner. — 30.
Aversion to greens and sourkrout, with good appetite for bread and flesh (a whole week). No thirst, the whole day. Inclination to vomit, (a. 40 h.) — 35. Inclination to vomit, rising from the pit of the stomach.
Empty eructations and inclination to vomit, and he is nevertheless unable to vomit. Severe pain, as if bruised, near and below the pit of the stomach, in the region of the pylorus, where he feels a pain at every step he makes ; the pain increases when talking loud and when touch- ing the place. Sensation as if the pit of the stomach were drawn in. Distension of the pit of the stomach and the epi- gastrium, oppressing the breathing, and painful as if there were subcutaneous ulceration.— 40.
At every step he feels a painful pressure on the pit of the stomach. Grunting in the abdomen. Excessive rumbling in the abdomen (immediately). Colic.
Stitches in the abdomen, and tearing pain across, (a.
i h.) 45. Sensation of coldness in the abdomen. Passing
distension of the abdomen, in the evening, (a. 5 d.) He passes
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a sort of white jelly three or four times a day, with much pressing. Diarrhoea. Retention of stool the first day, next day ordinary stool, and diarrhoea in the afternoon. — 50. Stools composed of tenacious, white mucus.
Frequent micturition. Appearance of -the menses. Hurried breatliing. — 55. Short and hacking cough.
Contractive pain in the small of the back. Itching, gnawing of both arms ; after scratching he feels a smarting as of salt water, after going to bed and in the morn- ing yellowish, roundish herpetic spots on both arms, emitting a fluid when scratching. Weariness of the thighs. Heaviness and faintness of the feet.
Stiffness of the bends of the knees. Unsteadiness of the limbs, weakness of the feet, vacillation of the knees; he is only able to walk slowly. Sudden relaxation of the muscles ; coldness of the body and cold sweat on the forehead, falling suddenly to the ground and stammering, but with consciousness ; the pulse is very slow and the pupils are contracted, (a. 1 h.) He feels better in the open air ; the de- sire to vomit passes off, and the headache is much less. — 65. Sensation in the open air as if he had been long sick, all ob- jects appear to him changed and new.
Sudden dropsical swelling of the skin. (This symptom, together with (104) (105) (106), appears to show that Hell, will be a great remedy in certain swellings.) (Sensation in the swollen parts as if they were distended and too heavy.) Stitching, boring pains in the periosteum. Stitching, boring pains in various parts of the body, aggravated by cool air, bodily exertion, and after eating or drinking. — 70. He slumbers with his eyes half open, the pupils turned upwards (immediately).
Slow pulse, (a. 1 and 16 h.) Very small pulse. Coldness of the body, espe- cially in the morning. Fever: violent heat in the head, cold hands and feet, afterwards slight sweat on the whole body, for an hour. (a. 4 h.) — 75.
Fever lasting several days ; when out of the bed, he is constantly affected with chilliness of the body, no thirst, (when sitting, standing, or walking,) cold hands, in- ternal burning heat and dullness of the head, great drowsiness, heaviness and weakness of the feet and stiffness of the bends of the knees ; after lying down in the bed, he is immediately attacked with heat and sweat all over the body, likewise with- out thirst. Fever : continual chilliness over the body, without thirst, heat in the head and headache in the occiput, as if bruised.
Shivering, would like to lie down, and has a yellow- ish complexion. The shivering commences on the arms. Thirst comes on after the chills had lasted five days without thirst. — 80. Chilliness in the evening, when lying down, and sweat every morning, (a. 10 d.) Slight sweat on the feet,
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towards morning (in the first night). Heat and sweat, (a. 36 h.) Frequent ahernation of general dry heat, shivering and coldness, followed by a concealed colic. Feeling, after the fever, as if he had been sick long. Excessive anxiety. Ab- sence of mind when studying ; he was unable to fix his ideas. (Irresoluteness.) He despairs of his life. Moaning and groaning. — 90. Homesick. He feels sad when seeing a cheer- ful person, and feels very unhappy. (He dresses improperly.)
OBSERVATIONS OF OTHERS.
Head EN
Reeling sensation in the head.
Stupefaction of the head (immediately).
Vertiginous stupefaction of the head, in every position of the head.
Vertigo when bending the head and raising it again, going off as soon as the head had been raised, (a. 10^ h.) — 5.
Stupefying headache, as if intoxicated, the whole afternoon, (a. 7 h.) Stupefaction of the whole head with fluent coryza.
(a. b^ h.) Inability to reflect, (a. 10 h.) Heaviness of the brain and sensation as if it were sur- rounded by a tight skin, with inability to think and to retain any thing in memory ; weak memory ; he had to make an eflbrt and to take some time to remember what he had intended to say and about which he was asked, (a. ^h.) — 10.
Weaknessof memory ; he did not remember a single moment that which he had read.
Dullness of the head, as if intoxicated, greatest in the forehead, (a. -j h.) Pain as if bruised, accompanied with dulness, at times in this, at times in that part of the brain, worst when stooping.
With the fluent coryza the head feels muddled, as if bruised, (a. 5 h.) Head is painful as if bruised. — 15.
Troublesome headache.
Headache in the right side of the forehead, pressing from within outwards.
Pain in the head as if the whole brain suffered pressure from without inwards, at every step which he makes in the open air.
(a. 1 h.) Pressure into the vertex as with a poiivt.
Violent headache, with great heaviness, especially in the occiput when waking, (a. 41 h.) — 20.
Unin- terrupted aching pain in the occiput, towards the nape of the neck.
Aching pain in the right frontal eminence, increased when walking in the open air.
Aching pain in the right temple, aggra- vated by walking, and brought on by exerting one's attention, (a. 8 h.) Compressive pain in both temples.
Pressure in the brain, as if being pressed together from both sides towards the centre and vertex, (a. 9 h.) — 25.
Aching pain in the forehead, a sort of muddled condition, (a. 11 h.) Vertiginous drawing, with stupefying pressure, now in one, now in the other hemisphere of the brain, or in the whole brain.
Drawing pressure in the left
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hemisphere of the brain, extending from the occiput to the fore- head, as if the cerebral mass were accumulating (immediately). Drawing headache in the epigastrium, in the morning when in bed. (a. 24 h.) Dull drawing in the forehead, causing the integ- uments of the forehead to become wrinkled. — 30. Pulsative throbbing in the left temple, every throbbing ending in a stitch, (a. i h.) Stitches on the right side and near the coronal suture, as if arising out of the brain.
Boring stitches transversely across the forehead, (a. 14 h.) Several sharp stitches in the morning, in the outer parts of the right, and then of the left side of the forehead, (a. 3, 4 h.) Pain as if bruised of the outer parts of the vertex and occiput, especially during the chill ; at every motion, especially when stooping, and going up stairs the pain is con- verted into a violent jerking in the outer integuments of the head, diminished by pressing upon the parts, (a. 48 h.) — 35.
Sensation as if the scalp on the occiput were being pulled down. (a. 41 h.) The occipito-frontalis muscle becomes wrinkled on the forehead. Pulsations in the forehead and temples, with heat of the face, (a 6 h.) Pimple on the left side of the forehead, painful as if bruised when touching it hard.
Eyes EN
Tension in the left eyebrow, prickling when touch- ed, as if a pimple would form.
(a. 46 h.) — 40.
Tvvitchings in the levatores palpebrarum and the cheeks, with heat in the face.
Pain in the eyebrow, drawing to and fro, with cramp- like contraction of the levator palpebrarum muscle, (a. 10 h.) Dilatation of the pupils (the first hours).
Pressure in the orbits, as if the eyes would fall out.
Painful pressure in the right inner canthus, increasing when closing the eyes.
(a. 9 h.) — 45.
Itching in the canthus.
(a. f h.) Burning smarting in the eyes, especially the inner canthi.
Prickling in the eyes, as if they would run (immediately).
In the morning when waking and pressing the eyelids together, violent prickling in the eyeball and the coatings thereof.
Prickling in the eyeball from above downwards. — 50.
In the morning after waking, the canthi of the left eye feel sore, with some humor in the canthi.
In the morning the inner canthi are full of eyegum.
(a. 9 h.) Drawing pain from the temple to the ear (immediately.) Ear : Drawing in both ears, as if the inner ear would burst, a kind of otalgia.
Lancinating toothache, together with a digging-up, boring stitching in the right ear, through the night ; nothing but the otalgia remained in the morning and during the whole day. — 55.
Prickings on a line, near the car, behind the ascending ramus of the lower jaw.
(a. 30 h.)
Nose EN
Constriction of the nose as if the patient should suffocate. Itching burning in the left wing of the nose.
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smarting itching around and below the nose, and in the upper lip, as if coryza would set in.
Jaws, Mouth : Vesicular pimple in the middle of the vermilion-border of the upper lip, in the morning after waking. — 60.
In the evening after lying down in the bed, lancinating toothache in the right lower and upper molares, bearing neither warm nor cold things and tormenting him the whole night, so that he slept but little ; afterwards the lower molares feel elongated ; not much pain in day time.
When biting the teeth together, he feels a tearing in the third molares which are opposite to one another, near the roots (immediately).
Insen- sible rigidity of the tongue.
Dry, white tongue, in the morning when rising from the bed.
(a. 24 h.) Pimple on the tip of the tongue, painfully stinging when touched. — 65.
Swelling of the tongue.
Scratching of the posterior part of the palate.
Troublesome dryness of the palate and cutting and scraping pain of the j)alate when moving the mouth to perform the act of deglutition (continuing for many days).
Taste, Appetite and Gastric Symptoms : Dry, slimy taste, with violent thirst, for two hours.
A good deal of watery sa- liva in the mouth. — 70.
Continual conflux of saliva in the mouth, (a.
If h.) Frequent, insipid, dry eructations (the first hours) after- wards suppressed eructations.
Empty eructations, without taste, (a. \ h.) Hiccough. — 75.
Great appetite; he is constantly hun- gry and rehshes everything.
Emission of violent fetid flatulence shortly after dinner.
Nausea in the stomach, he has frequent- ly a sensation of hunger, but the food is repulsive to him, al- though he has a natural taste in mouth, and food tastes nat- ural to him.
(a. 24 h.) Continual inclination to vomit (from Helleborus foetidus), vomiting. — 80.
Vomiting of green-blackish matter, with colic ; symptoms recurring after an intermission of Ihree hours, lasting one hour, after which an apparent ease set in for two hours, followed by a violent shriek and death, (a. 38 h.) ; the limbs after death became relaxed and shrivelled, the blood in the veins became fluid ; on the left side of the oesophagus and stomach, and in the lesser intestines a mode- rate inflammation became manifest ; the brain was very soft and shrivelled.
Stomach And Abdomen EN
Excessive pain in the pit of the stomach.
Cardialgia.
Scraping rough sensation in the stom- ach (as when rubbing with something woollen.) Intensely painful burning in the stomach, rising in the oesophagus.— 85.
Pinching in the stomach, (a. 2^ h.) Colic.
Weight in the ab- domen, (a. 2 h.) Pinching commencing in the region of the liver and turning more and more downwards and towards the
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front part of the abdomen, (a. 2^ h.) Violent pinching as in dysentery transversely across the abdomen (after a meal). — 90. Pinching in the abdomen (when going up stairs), (a. 32 h.) Sharp pressure transversely across the abdomen, underneath the umbilicus, from without inwards, especially violent when sitting, (a. 24 h.) Audible, painless grunting below the um- bilicus, (a. 1 h.) Movement in the abdomen as if bubbles rose and burst, followed by emission of fetid flatulence, (a. 8 h.) Flatulence moving about in the abdomen. 95. Emission of fetid flatulence in the morning after having, drank the usual quantity of milk. (a. ^ h.)
Stool EN
Diarrhoea, with nausea and colic.
Diarrhoea, pre- ceded by colic, disappearing after the evacuation.
Hard, scanty stool, during and after which violent, cutting stitches in the rectum, from below upwards, as if the rectum became constricted around a body with cutting edged, (a. 12 h.) — 100.
Tendency to haemorrhoids.
After an evacuation he feels a burning-hot smarting in the anus for one minute.
Single sensations of pressure, terminating in stitches, in the right groin, a sensation as if hernia would come on.
Strong, hard pressure, repeatedly, on the middle of the os pubis, (a. ^ h.)
Urinary Organs EN
Frequent emission of urine, without much desire. Frequent desire to urinate, emitting hut a slight quantity, (a. f, 2^:, and 51 h.) Emits a quantity of watery urine.
Genital Organs : Several itching, fine stitches in the tip of the glans. (a. i h.) Seems to suppress the sexual in- stinct.
Catarrh, Chest : Sneezing. — 110.
Sneezing in the morning before breakfast, (a. 26 h.) Cramp-like titillation in the nose, as if he would sneeze, which did not take place, however, with yawning, (a. 1 h.) Sneezing, immediately after rising from bed, the upper lip cracking in the middle.
Sudden, continual, short and hacking cough (while smoking his usual tobacco), (a. 15 h.) Difficulty of breathing ; had to breathe slowly and deep.
(a. -^ h.) — 115.
Constriction of the throat.
Contraction of the chest, had to gasp for air with wide- ly open mouth, but was not able to breathe.
Sharp cutting in the region of the lowermost true ribs, across the chest from within outwards, increased by inspiration.
Increase of warmth in the lower part of the cavity of the chest.
Scraping, rough sensation in the upper part of the sternum.
Back EN
120.
When moving the neck, some of its mus- cles feel stiff" and painful.
Stiffiiess of the cervical muscles as ftir as the occiput, even when at rest, but most when moving
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the head (in the morning), (a. 41 h.) Dull pain in the left shoulder-joint, increasing during motion. Pain as if bruised between the scapulae, in the region of the spine.
Upper Extremities : Visible twitchings of the muscles of the left upper arm, with pain, as if some hard body were violently knocking against this place. — 125.
Sensation as after a shock, in the right upper arm, but not when touching the part.
Fine tearing in the region of the long bones of the arms.
Strong drawing from the middle of the lower arm to the bend of the elbow.
Drawing pain from the right wrist- joint as far as the index-finger, (a. 10 h.) Severe prickings in the evening, when walking in the open air.
(a. 13 h.) — 130.
Prickings running transversely across the flexor-tendons of the left hand (when walking in the open air), (a. 12f h.) Sweat of the palms of the hands (with cold dorsa).
(a. 2 h.) Tearing in the dorsa of all the fingers of the* left hand (in the morning when in bed).' (a. 18 h.) 'Tearing in the left middle- finger, especially in the middle-joint.
Boring pain in the mid- dle-joint of the middle and index-finger, (a. 20 h.) — 135.
Weakness in both hands, he is unable to seize any thing or to double up his hand.
Paralytic tearing in the right little fin- ger, (a. 27 h.) Paralytic tearing and cramplike rigidity in the fourth finger of the right hand, going off when at rest.
Tick- ling in the left index-finger, (a. 10 h.) ' Painful pressure transversely across the right thumb. — 140.
Inflamed spot near the nail of the left index-finger and the right thumb, with ulcerative ,pain when touching it.
(a. 20 h.) Next day some whitish fluid was discharged from it, after which it healed up.
Several small vesicles between the posterior joints of the right fourth and fifth fingers, smarting when touched, remaining hu- mid for a time and afterwards becoming covered with a scurf for a long time.
Small, humid, painless vesicles on the mid- dle-joint of the fourth right finger ; when pressing upon them strongly, the bone appears to experience a sore pain.
Lower Extremities : Slightly drawing pain in the right hip.
Sudden paralytic stiffness in the right hip-joint, when walking in the open air.
(a. 23 h.)— 145. /Single prickings in the left hip.
A feio violent^ somewhat slow stitches, as xvith needles, in the left hip.
Several times a burning pressure in the left hip.
(a. 2 h.) Stiffness and tension of the muscles of the thighs.
Great weakness of the thighs and legs.
(a. li- h.) — 150.
Digging-up pain in the region of the right pa- tella, (a. i h.) Several times recurring, boring, dull stitches through the left knee-joint, in the opnn air when walking or standing, (a. 26 h.) Stiffness of the hamstrings, especially
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the outer, when walking in the open air.
(a. 25 h.) Sharp stitches darting upwards, in the right leg, near the external ankle, (a. 3 h.) Contusive pain in the inner ankle of the left foot. — 155.
Pain as if sprained in the left tarsal joint ; he is afraid of bending the foot.
(a. 30 h.) Aching pain in the cal- canean process of the right heel, in every position of the foot.
(a. 11 h.) Fine, painful pressure in the right sole, when sit- ting, (a. 5h.) Tearing in the ball of the left foot.
(a. ^ h.) Stitching jerking in the left big toe.
General Symptoms: Falling off of the hairs of the whole body, and of the nails.
Peeling off of the epidermis.
Sharp, tearing stitches in several parts of the body at once, in the thighs, legs, chest, back, etc.
Paralytic weakness of the limbs and unusual stiffness.
All the muscles of his limbs feel so heavy and painful that he was very much averse to moving them.
Sleep EN
165.
Stretching of the limbs.
Weary and drowsy in the forenoon, (a. 2 h.)
Fits : Fainting fits.
Convulsive spasms.
Convulsive movements, and a shock into the brain as with an arrow. — 170.
As soon as he opens his eyes in the morning, he has to • stretch himself, feels faint, and closes his eyes again.
Restless sleep towards morning ; sees dark visions in his dreams.
To- wards morning his sleep becomes a restless slumber, filled with historical dreams ; he turns now to one now to the other side.
After lying down in the evening, he sees a hundred forms be- fore his eyes, going off as speedily as they came.
Confused, anxious dreams in the night, which he is unable to recollect. — 175.
Strong pulsations through the whole body, especially in the region of the heart.
Fever EN
Strong pulse, (a. | h.) Palpitation of the heart.
Thirst. — 180.
Fever.
General chill with goose-skin, the head is painful lohen feeling or moving it, drawing tearing in the limbs and frequent stitches in the joints, especially the elbow, and shoulder-joints, without thirst ; for some days, from morning till evening, [a. 23 h).
(Cold feet in the evening, which did not get warm in the bed.) Cold hands, the face and body being warm.
(a. ^ h.) In the evening and especially after lying down burning heat over the whole body, especially the head, internal shuddering and chilliness, without thirst • when attempting to drink, he felt an aversion to drink he was only able to drink a little at a time. — 185.
Heat in the face, the cheeks glow in the room.
(a. 6 h.) General sweat towards morning, for several nights, the temperature of the body being natural, (a. 48 h.j Cold sweats.
Pale,
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sunken countenance, no pulse, icy coldness and cold sweat all over, a drop of sweat being suspended from every hair.
Moral Symptoms : Anxiety.— 190.
Horrid anguish, abat- ing after vomiting (from helleborus fcEt.).
Anguish, nausea, torture, imagines he will die.
He was neither able to sit, lie, or stand, and pointed to his heart.
Anxious and restless, ap- prehending misfortune, (a. 5 d.) Sad mood on account of his present condition ; every thing appears shallow and indif- ferent to him. — 195.
Taciturn the whole afternoon.
Always cheerful, (Cur. eff.)